Shots WHEELER to MORGAN : the final eight tests of the PLUMBBOB series, 6 September-7 October 1957 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.

Other author United States. Defense Nuclear Agency.
Other author JRB Associates.
Format Book
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1981]
Description144 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects
Nuclear weapons--Testing.
Atomic bomb--Nevada. --Testing.
Radioactive fallout--Nevada.
Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)

Contents Preface. pp. 1.
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 12.
Contents Chapter 2. Shot WHEELER. pp. 21.
Contents Chapter 3. Shot LA PLACE. pp. 34.
Contents Chapter 4. Shot FIZEAU. pp. 48.
Contents Chapter 5. Shot NEWTON. pp. 63.
Contents Chapter 6. Shot RAINIER. pp. 76.
Contents Chapter 7. Shot WHITNEY. pp. 82.
Contents Chapter 8. Shot CHARLESTON. pp. 95.
Contents Chapter 9. Shot MORGAN. pp. 107.
Contents References. pp. 117.
Summary This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shots WHEELER to MORGAN, the final eight nuclear tests in the PLUMBBOB atmospheric weapons testing series. The tests were conducted between 6 September 1957 and 7 October 1957 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VII and VIII, AFSWP, AFSWC, and various AEC test groups. This volume also describes the radiological safety criteria and procedures in effect at Shots WHEELER to MORGAN.
General noteCover title.
General note"JRB Associates"--Rept. doc. p.
General note"United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
General note"DNA 6007F."
General note"Contract no. DNA 001-79-c-0473"--Rept. doc. p.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 119-126.
Technical rpt numberDNA 6007 F
GPO item number306
Govt. docs number D 15.10:6007 F

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