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191 index Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA): responsibility for Project VELA, 53, 55; and selection of Tatum Salt Dome, 80; operation of seismic stations , 101; desire for further tests, 120, 128, 173n43 Allaire, William, 97–99, 139 Alvarez, Luis, 38 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC): interest of, in Mississippi salt domes, 6–8, 80; and remediation of Dribble site, 9–10; revision of safety procedures, 59–60; interest in underground chambers , 61; position toward compensation regarding Tatum Salt Dome, 81; condemnation of Tatum Salt Dome, 82–83, 86; primary contractors, 83, 85; indemnification of, 89; public information efforts , 89–91, 97–100, 102–3; and Salmon test, 106, 108; and damage claims from Salmon, 113–14; particle accelerator facility and Hattiesburg, 121–22, 125–26; and reopening of Station 1A, 124; and Sterling test, 128, 132, 134, 137; and Operation Miracle Play, 138–42; and remediation of Dribble site, 142–43, 146–48; and Mississippi salt domes as nuclear waste repositories, 152 Balance Agriculture with Industry program (BAWI), 6, 28, 33, 68–69 Barnett, Ross, 2, 6, 8, 31–34; and attracting technology to Mississippi, 68–69, 84, 92 Baxterville, Miss., 5, 11, 29, 89, 98–99, 109, 114, 132, 139, 144; oil field, 29, 101, 143 Beers, Roland, 95, 97, 100, 114 Bethe, Hans, 44, 48, 50–51 Betts, Austin W., 89 Big Chief Drilling Company, 85, 115–16 bleeddown facility, 97, 115–17, 118, 141, 143, 153 Camay/Patrick Harrison Company (CPH), 84–85, 87, 90 Colmer, William M., 35, 64, 71, 73 decoupling: theory of, 48–50, 57; uncertainty regarding, 53; investigation via Project Cowboy, 55–58; initial Dribble series configuration regarding, 79; and efforts to create chamber at test site, 87, 90–91; and feasibility of Hockley Dome, 94; and use of Salmon chamber, 120, 124, 126–31; and results of Project Sterling, 134–36; Soviet atomic tests regarding, 148–50; importance to arms control treaties, 162–63 diapirism, 13–15, 112, 115 Dinar Coin (methane detonation), 138–39, 142. See also Project Miracle Play Diode Tube (methane detonation), 138– 42. See also Project Miracle Play Division of Military Application (DMA), 59, 89, 142 downwinders, 157, 165 Dribble site. See Tatum Salt Dome 192 • Index Eastland, James O., 35, 64, 71–72 Edgerton, Harold, 85, 176n40 Eisele, Fr. Louis, 102, 112, 133 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 143, 151, 158–60 Fenix & Scisson, 115, 136–37 Fermi, Enrico, 37–38 Geneva Conference of Experts, 51–52 Geneva System, 51–52 Gnome (atomic test), 60–62, 76, 79 Grady, Paul, 110, 125, 143 Hattiesburg, Miss.: arrival of Tatum family at, 22; proximity to test site, 34; prospective benefits from test program, 87; attempts by AFTAC to secure airport, 87–89; and damage claims from Salmon test, 113–14; attempt of, to secure particle accelerator facility, 120–22, 125–26; termination of AEC presence in, 143 Hibernia National Bank, 83, 86 Hockley Salt Dome, 94–95 Holmes and Narver, Inc. (H&N), 84–85, 89, 95, 99–100, 114 Humid Water test, 138–39, 141, 142 Johnson, Paul B., 32–33, 92 Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE), 56, 62, 78 Lamar County, Miss., 3, 11: formation of, 25; racial violence in, 30; pollution and, 158–59 Latter, Albert, 56–57, 135 Latter, Richard, 47–48 Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), 7, 12, 42, 162 Livermore Radiation Laboratory (LRL), 59, 82 Luedecke, Alvin R., 82–83, 89 Mellen, Frederick W., 67–70, 73–75, 80–81, 136–37 Mississippi Construction and Engineering Company (MCEC), 74, 84–86, 164 Mississippi Industrial and Technological Research Committee (MITRC), 67–70, 74–76, 120 Nevada Test Site (NTS), 4, 10, 34; and fallout , 42, 59, 157; Rainier atomic test, 50; Project Concerto, 58; Project Clarion, 63; and resumption of nuclear testing , 80; and storage of Dribble wastes, 142–43, 147, 152 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 97, 147 Operation Crossroads, 39 Operation Sandstone, 40–41 Pauling, Linus, 70 Project Clarion, 63 Project Concerto, 55, 58, 60, 78, 91 Project Cowboy, 7, 55–58, 79, 128, 137 Project Dribble: unique nature of, 3, 9; inclusion in Vela Uniform, 6; delays, 9, 106–8, 140; redesignation from Ripple, 63; initial configuration of program, 78–79, 128; and selection of Tatum Salt Dome, 80–88; reappraisal of site and program, 91–92, 94; and Soviet research , 148–50 Project Miracle Play, 138–42, 145, 164–65 Project Payette, 131, 135–37 Project Plowshare, 60–62, 65, 73, 76, 120, 129, 142 Project Ripple, 63, 65, 78, 92, 94, 173n16...
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