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To test the impact of an atomic blast on populated areas, technicians built entire fake towns, with houses, shops, and even mannequin families. These settlements went by an ominous name: doom...
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Dec 15, 2017 · This week, a team at the federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has released 62 of these atmospheric nuclear test videos on YouTube. An estimated 10,000 of these videos have languished for decades, forgotten in archives around the country, slowly degrading in storage.
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Aug 12, 2017 · Nuclear physicists are using film scanners and computer analysis on old bomb test footage to uncover the weapons' secrets.
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The world had entered the nuclear age. Immediately after the test a Sherman M-4 tank, equipped with its own air supply, and lined with two inches of lead went out to explore the site. The lead lining added 12 tons to the tank's weight, but was necessary to protect its occupants from the radiation levels at ground zero.