Project Chariot: The US Government's Plan To Nuke Alaska SIX Times

Check out Red Atoms, the series that documents the Soviet atomic bomb program, over on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/redatoms?ref=joescott Operation Plowshare was a US Government program in the 1950s that had the goal of finding peaceful uses for nuclear weapons. And yes, you read that right. It was partly a sincere effort to find practical uses for the most awesome power humanity had ever harnessed, and partly a cynical attempt to justify stockpiling nukes. One of those Plowshare projects was called Project Chariot, which aimed to create a new harbor in Alaska by setting off SIX hydrogen bombs in a river inlet near Cape Thompson. This is the story of that insane idea. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon:   / answerswithjoe   Channel Memberships:    / @joescott   T-Shirts & Merch: https://laughsmarter.com Book of Mysteries: https://a.co/d/0gRx0qvM Documentary: https://nebula.tv/oldestnewest Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI:    / @joescott-tmi   And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe:    / @conversationswithjoe   You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Follow me at all my places! Instagram:   / answerswithjoe   TikTok:   / answerswithjoe   Facebook:   / answerswithjoe   Twitter:   / answerswithjoe   LINKS LINKS LINKS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati... https://groundtruthalaska.org/article... https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/pl... https://www.osti.gov/opennet/reports/... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...) https://www.nps.gov/people/manhattan-... https://www.uaf.edu/tribal/academics/... https://www.sciencehistory.org/storie... https://www.atomicarchive.com/history... https://nuclearprinceton.princeton.ed... https://www.usnews.com/news/healthies... https://alaskapublic.org/news/2014-08... https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/time... TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - The Atomic Craze 2:39 - Operation Plowshare 4:47 - Project Chariot 8:55 - The Problem 12:40 - Conspiracies 15:20 - Sponsor - Nebula