Safety experiments, November 1955 - March 1958 / 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

JRB Associates

Series:

DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6030F.

DNA ; 6030F

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radiation--Safety measures.

Radiation.

Nuclear weapons--Testing.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--Safety measures.

Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.

Atomic bomb.

Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).

Atomic bomb--Testing.

Nevada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

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

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.

Summary:

This report describes the 14 experiments with nuclear weapons to determine their susceptibility to fission due to accidents in storage and transportation. One of the tests (Project 57) was designed to develop effective monitoring and decontamination procedures in the event of non-nuclear detonation of a nuclear weapon. The tests were conducted during the following operational periods: in November 1955 and January 1956, during Operation PLUMBBOB from April 1957 to October 1957, and in December 1957 and February and March 1958. DoD participation was limited to members of AFSWC and the Weather Bureau, some Exercise Desert Rock VII and VIII personnel, and DoD civilian and military scientists and technicians working for the AEC weapons development laboratories.

Contents:

Preface. pp. 1.

List of illustrations. pp. 5.

List of tables. pp. 6.

List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 7.

Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 8.

Chapter 2. Project 56 safety experiments. pp. 13.

Chapter 3. The PLUMBBOB safety experiments. pp. 23.

Chapter 4. Project 58 safety experiments. pp. 40.

Reference list. pp. 53.

Notes:

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

"Performing organization ... JRB Associates"--Report documentation page.

"2 August 1982."

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

The PLUMBBOB safety experiments: Project 57; COULOMB A; PASCAL A; SATURN; PASCAL B; COULOMB B.

Project 58 safety experiments: PASCAL C; COULOMB C; VENUS; URANUS.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-58).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2012.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (NTPR website, viewed Feb. 15, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Safety experiments.

OCLC:

784660614

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