EEOICPA Statistics for Claimants Living in Mississippi
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Mississippi EEOICPA Facilities
Facility descriptions credit: DOE
The Salmon Test Site
was the location for two nuclear and two
methane-oxygen gas explosion tests conducted
deep underground in the Tatum Salt Dome. The
tests were part of a program designed to detect,
identify, and locate underground nuclear
explosions
Drilling for the "Salmon" event
began in April 1963. The Salmon test shot was
fired on October 22, 1964. Post-shot activities
were completed by June 30, 1965.
After the
Salmon post-shot activities were completed, the
Sterling shot was detonated in the Salmon cavity
on December 3, 1966. In March 1968, Sterling
cavity reentry drilling, surveying, and coring
was begun. The facilities were shut down and the
site was placed on standby status on April 12,
1968.
In November 1968, the cavity was
prepared for the non-nuclear experiment called
"Diode Tube." The shot was fired on February 1,
1969; post-shot activities were completed and
the operation ended in June 1969.
Another
non-nuclear event, called "Humid Water" took
place in 1970. The cavity was prepared in
February 1970 and the shot was fired on April
19, 1970. The site was decommissioned on June
29, 1972.