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Amchitka quake crater forms after US blast test
At Amchitka Island Alaska the ground collapsed into a 50 foot deep crater about 2,000 feet wide thirty eight hours after a Saturday underground nuclear detonation. Officials say radioactivity remains confined, while wildlife losses and site damage are reported amid ongoing sampling and analysis by AEC and Lawrence Laboratory teams.
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Amchitk 4A
Alaska
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Bering Sea
Melvin Merritt
AEC
Aleutian Island
James Carothers
Carothers
Livermore Laboratory
University of California