Amchitka and the Bomb: Nuclear Testing in Alaska

Index

Ahegglen, Carl E., 84 Acheson, Dean, 35 Adak Island, 15, 25, u6 Advanced Research Projects Agency, 56 Agattu Island, 7, 30 Agnew, Spiro, 74 Airfields, 19-20 Akutan Island, 12, 106 Alaska: AEC relations with, 79, 100; economic benefits of testing, 74-75; geography of, 3, 5; islands, 5-6; oil pipeline, 100; World War II's effect on,14 Alaska Army Scouts, 17-18 Alaska Coalition Against Cannikin, 104 Alaska Conservation Society, 63. 77, 105, 140n9 Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, 143n37 Alaska Legal Services Corporation, 106 Alaska Medical Association, 105 Alaska Mothers' Campaign Against Cannikin. 104 Alaska Nurses Association, 105 Alaska Railroad, 74 Alaska Sportsmen's Council, 78 Aleck, Beverly, 112 INDEX Aleck, Nick, 112 Aleutian Islands: construction's effect on, 15-16; geography of, 6, 119nl1; hunting of furbearers on, 8-9; as imbued with spirit, 109; indigenous people of,S; map of, 4; names for, n8n2; resources of, 6-7; soldier's impressions of, 24-25; under Russian rule, 7-9 Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Reservation, 11, 45, 121nl9 Alexander Archipelago, 3, 5 Algae, 88 Amaknak Island, 12, 13 Amchitka: archeological sites, 23; biological surveys, 46; as biosphere reserve, 115; cleanup of, 114; cycles of habitation of, 9; exploratory air raid on, 18; geography of, 7-8; invasion of1943,18-19; long-term radiation on, 113; map of, 10; and military, 1718 , 19-22; Milrow's environmental damage, 82-84. 87-88; naming of, 7-8; as nuclear graveyard, ni> restoration of, 31-32, 117; value as nuclear test site, 52-54: withdrawal for military use of, 30, 110 157 "Amchitka Express" (Japanese air raids). 19 Amchitka Two, 107 Americium 241, 113 Anchorage Daily News. 104 Anchorage Daily Times. 36, 40, 76, 80 Anti-ballistic missiles (ABMS). 68-71, 73-74. 95. 98, 116, 148n19 Arctic Health Research Laboratory (Public Health Service), 45 Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, 32-33 Armstrong, Karl, 140nll Army Corps of Engineers, 15, 21, 75 Army Ordnance Corps, U.S., 69 ArthurMiddleton (transport ship), 18 Asahi Shimbun (newspaper), 96 Asplund, John, 90 Association on American Inruan Affairs, 107 Atka Island, 24, 112 Atomic bombs. See Nuclear weapons Atomic Energy Commission (A Be): and Alamogordo, 27: Cannikin role of, 99-104, 108, 149n8; cleanup of Amchitka, 11"; decoupled detonations, 57; expenditures of, 42; Long Shot role of, 59, 61, 64; Military Application Division, 69, 100; Military Liaisqn Committee, 33; Milrow role of, 79-87, 90; Native Alaskans and, 107; nuclear safety, 75, 85-86; Operation Windstorm role of, 35-37; Project Larkspur role of, 54; Public Information Department, 61; public relations campaigns of, 61, 80-81, 9Q-92, 99-104, 110, 151n17; secrecy by, 91-93, 103-104; security INDEX 158 issues as emphasis of, 89; supervision of construction work by,82-84 Attu Island, 13-19 Atwood, Robert B., 90 Audubon, 65, 83 Bacher, Robert F., 56 Bartlett, Bob, 41, 45, 60, 62-63, 77, 83-84, 140nn, 141n17 Bashntakov, Petr, 8 Battelle Columbus Laboratories, 81-82 Beals, Frank, 29 Bell LaboratGries, 69 Bentonite, 111 Berger, Warren, 107 Bering. Vitus, 7 Bethe, Hans B., 73-74 Bikini atoll, 27 Biological Survey, U.S. Bureau of, 12Birds : fatalities from Cannikin, 110; garbage dumps as havens for, 88: geese, 30-31, 66; loss ofhabitat for, 87, 115: in post-bomb test era, 116; restoration programs, 66; Soviet test's effect on, 43: surveys on Amchitka of, 8. 46; after the Trinity test, 28 Black flies, 84 Blackmun, Harry A., 107 Bockstoce, John, 7 Boddy, A. W. ("Bud"), 78, 90 Bomb shelters, 41 Bombs. atomic. See Nuclear weapons Bradbury, Norris E., 37 Bragin, Dimitri, 8 Brakel, Bernard, 101' Breakwaters, 21-23 Brennan, William J., Jr., 107 Brezhnev, Leonid 1., 116 Brooks Range, 5D-52, 71, 74> 77 Brown, Carolyn V., 112 Buckheister, Carl W., 65-66 Buckner, Maj. Gen. Simon B., 16, 18, 25 Bureau of Fisheries, 12 Burg, Carolyn, 101 Canada,33, 76,94, 96,108 Canadian Coalition to Stop the Amchitka Nuclear Blast, 108 Cannikin (test): ABC role in, 99-104, 108, 149nS; bird losses from, 110; detonation of, 98, 108; environmental damage from, nO-Ill; Greenpeace protest over, 105-106; international reaction to, 96; litigation over, 106-108; postshot drilling, lll; Senate opposition to, 95; site preparation for, 99, 149n3; size of, 98 Carbon 14, 112 Castner, Col. Lawrence v., 17 Cats, feral, 45-46 Century Geophysical Corporation, 58 Chadwick, Jerah, 13 China, 32, 71, 74 Chirikof Island, 51...