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Atomic Fracking in Wyoming: The Story of Project Wagon Wheel

Atomic Fracking in Wyoming: The Story of Project Wagon Wheel

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 21, 2019

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

60%

Original Title

Atomic Fracking in Wyoming: The Story of Project Wagon Wheel

Production Companies

Tree in a Rock Films

Director

Gregory Asay

Description

In the 1960s, the US government came up with an experimental plan supported by the oil companies to try using nuclear explosions to extract natural gas in the American West. The tests set for Wyoming were known as the Wagon Wheel Project.