US 1967 Underground Nuclear Gas Test Yielded Radioactive Output, Site Still Contaminated
In 1967, the United States detonated a 29-kiloton nuclear device nearly 4,227 feet below the surface in New Mexico as part of an experiment to stimulate natural gas production. The project conducted five tests that collectively yielded 213 million cubic feet of natural gas. However, the extracted gas was found to contain measurable levels of radioactivity, rendering it unusable. Authorities eventually shut down the experiment and carried out surface cleanup operations. Radioactive contamination continues to persist underground within the original blast zone to this day.
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