Atomic Fracking in Wyoming: The Story of Project Wagon Wheel (2019)
• April 21st, 2019 • 0h 59min
Documentary, History
Overview
In the 1960s, the US government came up with an experimental plan supported by the oil companies to try using nuclear explosions to extract natural gas in the American West. The tests set for Wyoming were known as the Wagon Wheel Project.
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