EEOICPA Statistics for Claimants Living in Alaska
DOL Part B and Part E Statistics
NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Statistics
Alaska EEOICPA Facilities
Facility descriptions credit: DOE
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Amchitka Island was used as
a test site for three underground nuclear
detonations.
For the Long Shot
detonation, drilling began in May 1964. The shot
was fired on October 29, 1965, and the operation
ended in November 1965.
For the Milrow detonation,
drilling began March 9, 1967. The shot was fired
on October 2, 1969. No drillback operations took
place and the operation ended in November 1969.
For the Cannikin
detonation, drilling began August 1967. The shot
was fired on November 6, 1971. Drillback
operations began November 1971 and were
completed with the demobilization of drilling
equipment on February 23, 1972.
The Atomic Energy
Commission continued site demobilization in
1973, and the site was returned to the
Department of the Interior in September 1973.
Project Chariot was part of
the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Plowshare
Program established to test peaceful uses of
nuclear explosions. The objective of Project
Chariot was to create a deep water harbor for
the eventual shipment of coal, oil, and other
natural resources thought to exist along this
section of the Alaskan coast. In 1962, the U.S.
Geologic Survey (USGS) conducted a study to
determine the dispersal of radioactive products
from a buried nuclear explosion. Later in 1962,
before any nuclear explosives were detonated,
Project Chariot was canceled. After this
cancellation, the USGS excavated and buried the
soil contaminated from its study. In 1993, the
Department of Energy removed the contaminated
soil and shipped it offsite for disposal.