Nuclear power eyed for a second Panama Canal
U.S. scientists explored nuclear excavation as a peacetime path to a sea level canal across Central America. Project Plowshare and Lawrence Laboratory assessed costs from Sasardi to Morti in Panama, envisioning a wide canal to meet growing Atlantic Pacific traffic.
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Panama Canal Zone
U.S
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Central America
United States
Panama Canal
Central American Isthmus
House Committee On Merchant Marines and Fisheries
W. E. Potter
Canal Zone
Atomic Finery Commission
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Lawrence Laboratory
Gen. Potter
Lawrence
Sasardi
Morti
Panama
Suez and Panama Canals History Intertwined in Crisis
Cairo AP notes how the Suez crisis of 1956 and Panamanian sovereignty debates echo through history. De Lesseps and private company roots shaped Suez while Panama became a government-to-government issue. Nasser’s takeover boosted canal profits and modernization as Egypt asserts enduring control.
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Cairo
Nasser
Egypt
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Paris
London
Suez
Panama
United States
Panama Canals
Ferdinand de Lesseps de Lesseps
Eugenie
Mediterranean
Red Sea
de Lesseps
Canal Zone
Khedive Ismail
Verdi
Britain
Benjamin Disraeli
Empres
Victoria
India
Suez Company
Port Said
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Suez
Arg
Eugenie of
France
Nuclear excavation could reshape major projects with controlled fallout
A discussion outlines how nuclear charges could replace mechanical digging in large builds like the proposed isthmian canal and a Panama route. Fallout remains minimal with dust-bound particles, and two to three or even few years may suffice for small-scale tests before broader use.
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Tere
Santa Fe
Bristol Mountains
Los Angeles
Johnson
Panama Canal
Panama
Central American Isthmus
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Colombia
Republic of Panama
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States
Isthmian Canal
David Meldrum
Strange Moving Pageant Marks End of British Rule
In a colony ceremony, the colonial governor, in uniform with ostrich feather hat, watches as the flag of the new nation rises at midnight. A British battalion stands at attention, drums roll, then marches away without visible emotion, crewed by young soldiers from Manchester to Cardiff.
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London
Manchester
Cardiff
Britannia
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Cano Opera House
John C. Pastore
Rhode Island
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
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Sen. Pastore
Tion
Mahmud Yunes
Miles
Sweet Water
Ismailia
Abu Sueir
Great Biter Lake
Fayido
Port Fuad
Kantara
Kalfareet
Lake
Timsak
Little Bitter Lake
Shallafag
Sport Taufiq
Tehmuantepec
Salvador
San Blas
Caledonia Bay
Maore
Atrato -Tru and
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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