In 1971, the USSR Created 'Nuclear Lake'

In 1971, the USSR Created 'Nuclear Lake'

In the early '70s, the Soviet Union tried a bold experiment: using "peaceful nuclear explosions," or PNEs, to redirect Siberian rivers south toward more heavily populated regions, instead of flowing into the Arctic. The 1971 "Taiga" experiment set off three nuclear devices to help carve a canal linking the Pechora...