Shot BADGER : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 18 April 1953 / 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], [1982]
Description98 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 List of illustrations. pp. 6.
Contents List of tables. pp. 7.
Contents List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 8.
Contents Shot synopsis. pp. 9.
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 10.
Contents Chapter 2. Exercise Desert Rock V operations at Shot BADGER. pp. 17.
Contents Chapter 3. Test organization operations at Shot BADGER. pp. 39.
Contents Chapter 4. Radiation protection at Shot BADGER. pp. 60.
Contents Reference list. pp. 73.
Summary This report describes the activities of DoD personnel in Shot BADGER, the sixth nuclear test in the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. The test, conducted on 18 April 1953, involved military personnel in Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, and AEC test activities. The largest activity was the 2d Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade maneuver involving 2,167 Marines.
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 6015F."
General note"Contract no. DNA 001-79-C-0473"--Rept. doc. p.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 75-80.
Technical rpt numberDNA 6015 F
GPO item number306
Govt. docs number D 15.10:6015 F

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