Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Project Gnome was the first nuclear test of the Plowshare program and was the first continental nuclear weapon test since Trinity to be conducted outside of the Nevada Test Site. It was tested in southeastern New Mexico, approximately 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico. First announced in 1958, Gnome was delayed by the testing moratorium between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from November, 1958 until September, 1961 when the Soviet Union resumed nuclear testing thus ending the moratorium. The site selected for Gnome is located roughly 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico in an area of salt and potash mines along with oil and gas wells. Unlike most nuclear tests which were focused on weapon development, Shot Gnome was designed to focus on scientific experiments. "Study the possibility of converting the heat produced by a nuclear explosion into steam for the production of electric power."

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