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Shot GALILEO : a test of the PLUMBBOB series, 2 September 1957 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6001F.
- DNA ; 6001F
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Plumbbob, Nev., 1957.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.
- Atomic bomb.
- Ionizing radiation.
- Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).
- Radiation, Ionizing.
- Atomic bomb--Testing.
- Nevada.
- Medical Subjects:
- Radiation, Ionizing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (82 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.
- Other Title:
- Test of the PLUMBBOB series, 2 September 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 Shot GALILEO, the 16th nuclear test in the PLUMBBOB atmospheric weapons testing series. The test was conducted on 2 September 1957 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VIII, AFSWP, AFSWC, and AEC test groups. This volume also describes the radiological safety criteria and procedures in effect at Shot GALILEO.
- Contents:
- Preface. pp. 10.
- Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 12.
- Chapter 2. Exercise Desert Rock VII and VIII operations at Shot GALILEO. pp. 20.
- Chapter 3. Nevad Test Organization operations at Shot GALILEO. pp. 35.
- Chapter 4. Radiation protection at Shot GALILEO. pp. 48.
- Reference list. pp. 61.
- Notes:
- "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
- "27 February 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 62-64).
- 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: Shot GALILEO.
- OCLC:
- 784695607
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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