How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon

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A composite image showing a nuclear blast, and a logo and promotional writing from the US Atomic Energy Commission.

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How to survive nuclear war after a bomb is dropped: what to do, how to prepare

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A US Navy nuclear test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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Read the statement the US military used to cover up Oppenheimer's first nuclear test, claiming it was an ammo dump blowing up

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The massive explosion of Oppenheimer's Trinity test was initially explained away as an ammo dump explosion.

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Albert Einstein wrote to the US pleading with the government to build an atomic bomb 80 years ago. Here's what he said.

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A composite image showing Albert Einstein around 1939 and nuclear explosion in French Polynesia in October 1971.

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This $6 million Las Vegas bunker is still looking for a buyer. It's 26 feet underground, decorated like the 1970s, and owned by a foundation that wants to freeze humans for science.

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A nuclear physicist describes 7 things you probably didn't know about radioactive fallout from a nuclear bomb

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Nuclear warheads, like the one shown here, are short- and long-term killers.

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The US's B-29 bomber was more expensive than the nuclear bomb it dropped on Japan at the end of World War II

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A B-29 drops bombs on Formosa on October 18, 1944.

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Sheltering miles from a nuclear blast may not be enough to survive unless you know where to hide, new calculations show

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Sturdy concrete buildings far enough away from the nuclear blast are your best bet for survival beyond an underground bunker.

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