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"Shundahai" is a Newe (Western Shoshone) word meaning "Peace and Harmony with All Creation"

Area 30— This area, within the Reserved Zone, occupies 150 km2 (58 mi2) and, like Area 29, is on the western edge of the NTS. Area 30 also has fairly rugged terrain and includes the northern reaches of Fortymile Canyon. In the past,

Area 30 has had limited use in support of the nation’s nuclear testing programs, but in the spring of 1968 it was the site of Project Buggy, the first nuclear row-charge experiment in the Plowshare Program.

Buggy was designed to develop nuclear excavation technology for digging canals or mountain passs. Five small devides were spaced 46 meters (150 feet) apart at a depth of 41 meters (135 feet) and detonated simultaneously in early 1968. The result was a trench 255 meters (835 feet) long, 77 meters (254 feet) wide, and 206 meters (675 feet) deep

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