Shots ESS through MET and shot ZUCCHINI : the final TEAPOT tests, 23 March 1955-15 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.) ; 6013F.

DNA ; 6013F

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Testing.

Nuclear weapons.

Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.

Atomic bomb.

Radiation--Safety measures.

Radiation.

Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).

Radiation Protection.

Atomic bomb--Testing.

Nevada.

Medical Subjects:

Radiation Protection.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

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

Other Title:

Final TEAPOT tests, 23 March 1955-15 May 1955

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shots ESS, HADR, APPLE 1, WASP PRIME, HA, POST, MET, and ZUCCHINI, the latter eight events of the TEAPOT atmospheric nuclear weapons test series. Shot APPLE 2, the next to the last TEAPOT test event, is described in a separate volume. These tests were conducted from March 23 to May 15, 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC nuclear weapons development laboratories, and the Civil Effects Test Group. This volume also describes the radiological safety activities undertaken at each shot.

Contents:

Preface. pp. 1.

List of illustrations. pp. 10.

List of tables. pp. 12.

List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 13.

Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 18.

Chapter 2. Shot ESS. pp. 23.

Chapter 3. Shot APPLE 1. pp. 62.

Chapter 4. Shot WASP PRIME. pp. 98.

Chapter 5. Shot HA. pp. 120.

Chapter 6. Shot POST. pp. 139.

Chapter 7. Shot MET. pp. 160.

Chapter 8. Shot ZUCCHINI. pp. 207.

Reference list. pp. 223.

Notes:

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

"27 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 225-239).

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

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (NTPR website, viewed Feb. 14, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Shots ESS through MET and shot ZUCCHINI.

OCLC:

784695572

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