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AEC plans costly Amchitka underground test amid opposition
The Atomic Energy Commission will spend 190 million dollars to underground test a five megaton Spartan warhead on Amchitka in October. Critics claim the weapon is obsolete for Safeguard and that the test is overly costly and controversial amid environmental hearings in Alaska.
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New York Times
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Atomic Energy Commission
Aleutian
Amchitka
AEC
Commission
Safeguard
Spartan
Anchorage
William A. Egan
Alaska
Environmental Protection Agency
Juneau
Aleutian Islands