Egy kis visszatekintés a Matula 2006-os HOAX (???) cikkére:
„Európának szüksége van az orosz energiahordozókra, Oroszországnak az európai fogyasztókra. Aki itt valamit nem ért, az elõbb-utóbb rajtaveszít" – idézte Gyurcsányt a Kommerszant címû orosz lap. Putyin pedig ezt bírta mondani szintén azon a kedden: „Semmi nem mutat arra, hogy ne valósulna meg a Magyarország területén tervezett hatalmas gáztározó, amely nemcsak a magyarországi gázellátás stabilizálását, de az egész európai ellátást szolgálja.”
Hogy ez mennyire nem volt hülyeség, arra itt a bizonyíték:
When Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy was finally formally established, Alexander D. Zakharenkov, a chief weapons designer, was appointed head of the program. Initially, the Soviet program was focused on two applications, nuclear excavation and petroleum stimulation, similarly to the U.S. program. However, interest in other applications quickly developed, and within five years the Soviet program was actively exploring six or seven applications involving participation by some ten government departments.
Once underway the Soviets conducted a much more vigorous program than the Americans' Operation Plowshare, consisting of some 156 nuclear tests, some with multiple devices, between 1965 and 1989. These tests were similar in aims to the American effort, with the exception that six of the shots were considered of an applied nature, that is they were not tests per se, but were used to put out runaway gas well fires and a methane blow out.
There were in fact two programs:
* "Employment of Nuclear Explosive Technologies in the Interests of National Economy," also referred to as "Program 6," involved industrial underground PNEs and testing of new PNE technologies. As part of the program, 124 tests with 135 devices were conducted. Primary objectives of the program were water reservoir development, dam and canal construction, and creation of underground cavities for toxic waste storage.
* "Peaceful Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy," also referred to as "Program 7," involved testing of industrial nuclear charges for use in peaceful activities. Nuclear detonations were conducted with the stated purpose of searching for useful mineral resources with reflection seismology, breaking up ore bodies, stimulating the production of oil and gas, and forming underground cavities for storing the recovered oil and gas. The "Program" numbers come from the USSR's classification system of nuclear explosions, the first five programs designating various phases of nuclear weapon development.
All together, the Program 7 conducted 115 nuclear explosions. Among them:
* 39 explosions for the purpose of the geological exploration (trying to find new natural gas deposits by studying seismic waves produced by small nuclear explosions
* 25 explosions for intensification of oil and gas debits
* 22 explosions for creating underground storage for natural gas
* 5 explosions for extinguishing large natural gas fountains
* 4 explosions for creating channels and dams (including the Chagan test in Kazakhstan, and the Taiga test on the potential route of the Pechora-Kama Canal)
* 2 explosions for crushing ores in the open-pit mines
* 2 explosions for creating underground storage for the toxic wastes
* 1 explosion to facilitate coal mining in an underground mine
* 19 explosions were performed for research purposes (studying possible migration of the radioactivity from the place of the explosions).
These explosions were financed by various ministries: 51 explosions were financed by the Ministry for Geology, 26 explosions were financed by the Ministry for Natural Gas, 13 explosions were financed by the Ministry for Oil, 19 explosions were financed by the MinSredMash itself (the predecessor of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency). There were two large explosions of 140 kilotons and 105 kilotons; all others were relatively small with an average yield of 12.5 kilotons.
The last nuclear explosion by the Program 7, codenamed Rubin-1 was performed in Arkhangelsk oblast on September 6, 1988. The explosion was a part of a seismic program for geological exploration. The Soviets agreed to stop their PNE program at the end of 1988 as a result of then president Mikhail Gorbachev's disarmament initiative.
HOPPÁ HOPPÁ, mégsem kamu a bazinagy gáztározó meg az atomrobbantásos városi legenda.