WATER RESOURCE APPLICATIONS, UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF NATURAL GAS,nAND WASTE DISPOSAL USING UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS

摘要

This report is a collection of three separate papers dealing with,nWater Resource Applications of Plowshare in the United-Stated "Underground' Storage .of Natural Gas in Nuclear Cavities and Waste Disposal The first of the papers was writteni by. Gerald. D. Cohen;the latter, two by Francis M. Sand. During the writing of these reports a variety of difficulties were encountered in the economic evaluation of each of these peaceful applications of nuclear explosives, among them difficulties in projecting potential demand for these processes, uncertainties regarding technical .questions due to the lack of nuclear experi ments in all three cases, and as a consequence quite some uncertainty must also be attached to the economic benefits and costs of these processes. "The main results of the three reports are:nIn the case of Water Resource Applications within the United States, we cpncKided that on a national scale f he United States is endowed with ample water resources Only in selected regional situations water, short ages appear imminent as the population increases. Extending present trends in water consumption and management, by the end of this century 22 river basins in the United States may not have, local: supplies of water sufficient to support further development.