Operation SANDSTONE, 1948 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing body.

United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review

Kaman Tempo (Firm)

Series:

DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6033F.

DNA ; 6033F

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operation Sandstone, Marshall Islands, 1948.

Nuclear weapons--Testing.

Nuclear weapons.

Atomic bomb--Marshall Islands--Enewetak Atoll--Testing.

Atomic bomb.

Radioactive fallout--Marshall Islands--Enewetak Atoll.

Radioactive fallout.

Atomic bomb--Testing.

Marshall Islands.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Distribution:

Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1983.

Summary:

SANDSTONE was a three-detonation atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted during the spring of 1948 at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Report emphasis is on the radiological safety of the personnel. Available records on personnel exposure are summarized.

Contents:

Fact sheet. pp. 1.

Preface. pp. 5.

List of illustrations. pp. 13.

List of tables. pp. 16.

Chapter 1. Overview: Introduction; Nuclear tests and radiation exposures; Experimental program; Oceanic Testing Operations; Joint Task Force 7. pp. 17.

Chapter 2. Radiological safety. pp. 48.

Chapter 3. Department of Defense experimental program. pp. 89.

Chapter 4. Test operations. pp. 102.

Chapter 5. U.S. Army participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 118.

Chapter 6. U.S. Navy participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 125.

Chapter 7. U.S. Air Force participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 151.

Chapter 8. U.S. Marine Corps participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 157.

Chapter 9. Joint Defense, Atomic Energy Commission, other government agencies, and contractor participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 160.

Chapter 10. Summary of personnel exposures. pp. 165.

References. pp. 167.

Appendix A. Radiological status report of Enewetak Atoll. pp. 179.

Appendix B. Glossary of terms. pp. 185.

Appendix C. Enewetak Atoll synonyms. pp. 197.

Notes:

"United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."

"Performing organization ... Kaman Tempo"--Report documentation page.

"19 December 1983."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (NTPR website, viewed Feb. 12, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Operation SANDSTONE, 1948.

OCLC:

777725970