Operation Groundhog

Operation Groundhog

Operation Groundhog is reported to be a joint US/Kazakh/Russian program[1] to secure radioactive residues of Soviet-era nuclear bomb tests. In 2003, reports appeared in Science magazine[2] that the program included paving some areas with thick layers of reinforced concrete to protect plutonium contaminating the ground,[3] in order to prevent terrorists from acquiring contaminated material for making a dirty bomb.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2010/02/10ASTANA251.html#par32
  2. ^ http://www.sciencemag.org/content/300/5623/1220.citation
  3. ^ US Guards Kazakh Fissile Material from Theft, by Ellen Barry, The New York Times, 22 May 2011
  4. ^ http://lewis.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/3454/operation-groundhog

See also

  • Cactus Dome

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