[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Nuclear Tests

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>
>This is an important article..long but with a 
>lot of information.  I excerpted some of the 
>most interesting but I urge you to read the 
>whole article.  No one really knows much about 
>recent Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests, but 
>the French test which destroyed an entire atoll 
>and left a huge cavity is pretty 
>scary....frightening stuff....nancy
>
>http://www.rense.com/general61/earthquakestsunamisand.htm
>Earthquakes, Tsunamis
>And Nuclear Testing
>By Lila Rajiva
>1-2-5
>...
>Q: What are some other disturbances that can cause tsunamis?
>
>A: Landslides or explosions such as underwater nuclear testing.
>
>Q: Is underwater nuclear testing common?
>
>A: Yes, The United States has conducted 1,054 
>tests of nuclear devices between July 16, 1945 
>and September 23, 1992. Before 1962, all the 
>tests were atmospheric (on land or in the 
>Pacific or Atlantic oceans) but overall the 
>majority - 839 - were underground tests. From 
>1966 to 1990, 167 French nuclear test explosions 
>have been performed on two atolls in French 
>Polynesia, Morurua and Fangataua. Of the 167 
>tests, 44 were atmospheric. Atmospheric 
>explosions were carried out until 1974, but only 
>underground tests after that. The underground 
>tests have been conducted at the bottom of 
>shafts bored 500-1200 meters into the basalt 
>core of the atoll. Initially these shafts were 
>drilled in the outer rim of the atoll. In 1981, 
>most likely due to the weakening of that rim, 
>the tests with higher yields were shifted to 
>shafts drilled under the lagoon itself.
>
>Q: What are the effects of underwater nuclear testing?
>
>A: To quote from a 1995 case brought against the 
>French government, Case T-219/95 R, by 
>Marie-Thérèse Danielsson, Pierre Largenteau and 
>Edwin Haoa, all residing in Tahiti, French 
>Polynesia: "Short-term effects include 
>geological damage and the venting of gaseous and 
>volatile fission products into the biosphere. 
>Nuclear tests, the applicants say, can cause 
>landslides and did indeed cause a major 
>underwater landslide at Mururoa in 1979, when a 
>nuclear device was exploded after jamming 
>half-way down its shaft. Since the geology of 
>Mururoa is already unstable due to large-scale 
>fracturing caused by previous tests, further 
>major landslides are likely. Such landslides in 
>the past have given rise to tsunamis causing 
>coastal damage in areas as far away as Pitcairn 
>and Tahiti and endangering residences such as 
>that of Ms. Danielsson. They can also release 
>radioactive material into the sea, with 
>catastrophic effects on the food chain in an 
>area such as French Polynesia where fish is an 
>important part of the diet.
>
>Q: What were the effects of the Murarao landslide?
>
>A: It shifted at least one million cubic meters 
>of coral and rock and created a cavity, probably 
>140 meters in diameter and produced a major 
>tidal wave comparable to a tsunami, which spread 
>through the Tuamotu Archipelago and injured 
>people on the southern part of Moruroa Atoll. 
>French authorities initially denied that any 
>mishap had occurred and declared that the tidal 
>wave was of natural origin, but in a publication 
>in 1985 they did acknowledge "the accident of 25 
>July 1979".
>   ...
>http://www.counterpunch.org/rajiva12302004.html
>
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Paul Etxeberri

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