Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Golden Age of Science (Operation Teapot)

I don't think any introduction is necessary for this*(AD611311) - You nuke some brews and then drink them!  Science! I have reproduced sections of the summary below:

"In summarization, it was found that commercially package beer and soft drinks in cans or bottles will survive the effects of the blast overpressures such as found at 1270 ft from GZ on Shot II. Nominal losses were occasional primary by flying missiles, the crushing of structures, or dislodgment from shelves. .... Some flavor change was found in the beverages, more in beer than in soft drinks.  However, the alterations may well be considered as equivalent in most respects to "aging" and were not found to detract from the potential usage of these beverages for emergency supplies of potable water".

*I like this guys blog, http://nuclearsecrecy.com/blog/

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