Shot APPLE 2 : a test of the Teapot series, 5 May 1955 / 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

Series:

DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6012F.

DNA ; 6012F

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Testing.

Nuclear weapons.

Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.

Atomic bomb.

Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).

Atomic bomb--Testing.

Nevada.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

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

Other Title:

Test of the Teapot series, 5 May 1955

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1981.

Summary:

This report describes the activities of more than 2,000 DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shot APPLE 2, the thirteenth nuclear test in the TEAPOT atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. The test was conducted on 5 May 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC, Test Groups, and the Air Weather Service. The largest activity was the test of an armored task force, Task Force RAZOR, which involved approximately 1,000 troops.

Contents:

Preface. pp. 1.

List of illustrations. pp. 6.

List of tables. pp. 7.

List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 8.

Shot Apple 2 synopsis. pp. 9.

Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 11.

Chapter 2. Exercise Desert Rock VI operations at Shot APPLE 2. pp. 20.

Chpater 3. Joint test organization operations at Shot APPLE 2. pp. 41.

Chapter 4. Radiation protection activities at Shot Apple 2. pp. 65.

Reference list. pp. 75.

Notes:

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

"25 November 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 (DTIC, viewed Feb. 14, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Shot APPLE 2.

OCLC:

784695578

Access Restriction:

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