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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6007F.
- DNA ; 6007F
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Plumbbob, Nev., 1957.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.
- Radioactive fallout--Nevada.
- Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).
- Atomic bomb--Testing.
- Radioactive fallout.
- Nevada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.
- Other Title:
- Final eight tests of the PLUMBBOB series, 6 September-7 October 1957
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1981.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Preface. pp. 1.
- Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 12.
- Chapter 2. Shot WHEELER. pp. 21.
- Chapter 3. Shot LA PLACE. pp. 34.
- Chapter 4. Shot FIZEAU. pp. 48.
- Chapter 5. Shot NEWTON. pp. 63.
- Chapter 6. Shot RAINIER. pp. 76.
- Chapter 7. Shot WHITNEY. pp. 82.
- Chapter 8. Shot CHARLESTON. pp. 95.
- Chapter 9. Shot MORGAN. pp. 107.
- References. pp. 117.
- Notes:
- "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
- "Performing organization ... JRB Associates"--Report documentation page.
- "30 September 1981."
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-126).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (NTPR website, viewed Feb. 15, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Shots WHEELER to MORGAN.
- OCLC:
- 760175071
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