Shots WASP to HORNET : the first five TEAPOT tests, 18 February - 12 March 1955 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.

Other author United States. Defense Nuclear Agency.
Format Book
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1981]
Description186 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects
Nuclear weapons--Testing.
Atomic bomb--Nevada. --Testing.
Operation Teapot, Nevada, 1955.
Radiation--Safety measures.
Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)

Contents Preface. pp. 1.
Contents List of illustrations. pp. 9.
Contents List of tables. pp. 10.
Contents List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 11.
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 13.
Contents Chapter 2. Shot WASP. pp. 20.
Contents Chapter 3. Shot MOTH. pp. 45.
Contents Chapter 4. Shot TESLA. pp. 73.
Contents Chapter 5. Shot TURK. pp. 101.
Contents Chapter 6. Shot HORNET. pp. 132.
Contents Reference list. pp. 157.
Summary This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shots WASP, MOTH, TESLA, TURK, and HORNET, the first five events of the TEAPOT atmospheric nuclear weapons test series. The tests were conducted from February 18 to March 12, 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC nuclear weapons development laboratory test groups, and the Civil Effects Test Group. This volume also describes the radiological safety activities undertaken at each of these five shots.
General noteCover title.
General note"United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Test, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
General note"DNA 6010F."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Technical rpt numberDNA 6010 F
GPO item number306
Govt. docs number D 15.10:6010 F

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