Cape Keraudren nuclear harbour plan
A cape on the Pilbara coast of Western Australia where, in 1969, Australia and the US Atomic Energy Commission studied blasting a deep-water iron-ore harbour with five 200-kiloton thermonuclear explosives under the seabed. The harbour was never built.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1969 CE mainstream
on 22 January Australia asks the US to let its Atomic Energy Commission join a feasibility study of a harbour at Cape Keraudren blasted with five 200-kiloton thermonuclear explosives; the plan never goes ahead source
Where
19.9500° S, 119.7670° E
Sources
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve02/d286
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve02/d280
- https://slwa.wa.gov.au/stories/slwa-abc-radio/operation-plowshare
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Keraudren
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/cape-keraudren-the-forgotten-nuclear-harbor-plan-in-australia
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