Project directors' preliminary report :
D+2 days, Project Rio Blanco /
CER Geonuclear Corporation.

Description

Corporate Author

CER Geonuclear Corporation.

Related Names

Project Plowshare (U.S.)
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Language(s)

English

Published

Las Vegas, Nevada : CER Geonuclear Corporation, 1973.

Subjects

Rio Blanco Oil Shale Project.
Underground nuclear explosions > Underground nuclear explosions / Environmental aspects.
Nuclear excavation.
Nuclear engineering > Nuclear engineering / Safety measures.
Nuclear engineering > Nuclear engineering / Colorado > Nuclear engineering / Colorado / Safety measures.
Nuclear excavation.
Oil-shale industry > Oil-shale industry / Environmental aspects > Oil-shale industry / Environmental aspects / Colorado > Oil-shale industry / Environmental aspects / Colorado / Rio Blanco County.
Underground nuclear explosions > Underground nuclear explosions / Environmental aspects > Underground nuclear explosions / Environmental aspects / Colorado.
Colorado.

Note

Project Rio Blanco is a joint experiment sponsored by the CER Geonuclear Corporation (CER) of Las Vegas, Nevada and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) as part of the Plowshare Program. Its purpose is to study the economic and technical feasibility of using multiple underground nuclear explosion to stimulate production of natural gas from deeply buried low productivity gas-bearing formations of the Piceance Basin in Northwestern Colorado.
Cover title.
"May 21, 1973."

Physical Description

ii, 32 ; 28 cm

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