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Shot PRISCILLA : a test of the PLUMBBOB series, 24 June 1957 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6003F.
- DNA ; 6003F
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Plumbbob, Nev., 1957.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.
- Atomic bomb.
- Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).
- Atomic bomb--Testing.
- Nevada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (102 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.
- Other Title:
- Test of the PLUMBBOB series, 24 June 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 PRISCILLA, the fifth nuclear test in the PLUMBBOB atmospheric weapons testing series. The test was conducted on 24 June 1957 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VII and VIII, and AEC test groups. This volume also describes the radiological safety criteria and procedures in effect at Shot PRISCILLA.
- Contents:
- Preface. pp. 1.
- Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 12.
- Chapter 2. Exercise Desert Rock VII and VIII operations at Shot PRISCILLA. pp. 23.
- Chapter 3. Nevada Test Organization operations at Shot PRISCILLA. pp. 34.
- Chapter 4. Radiation protection at Shot PRISCILLA. pp. 64.
- Reference list. pp. 77.
- 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 77-83).
- 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 PRISCILLA.
- OCLC:
- 784695602
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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