DOE Office of Legacy Management: AEC Rim Flyers Expanded Uranium Exploration and Development
November 04, 2021
November 04, 2021
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news:
In 1952, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) formed an airplane program that flew over the Colorado Plateau to mark spots that might contain uranium for possible mining. Ten Piper Cub airplanes were crewed by a pilot and geologist and were equipped with gamma scintillation counters - instruments that detected radiation at a greater distance than a Geiger counter.
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In 1952, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) formed an airplane program that flew over the Colorado Plateau to mark spots that might contain uranium for possible mining. Ten Piper Cub airplanes were crewed by a pilot and geologist and were equipped with gamma scintillation counters - instruments that detected radiation at a greater distance than a Geiger counter.
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