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Shot BADGER : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 18 April 1953 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6015F.
- DNA ; 6015F
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.
- Atomic bomb.
- Radioactive fallout--Nevada.
- Radioactive fallout.
- Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).
- Atomic bomb--Testing.
- Nevada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (98 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.
- Other Title:
- Test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 18 April 1953
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.
- Summary:
- This report describes the activities of DoD personnel in Shot BADGER, the sixth nuclear test in the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. The test, conducted on 18 April 1953, involved military personnel in Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, and AEC test activities. The largest activity was the 2d Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade maneuver involving 2,167 Marines.
- Contents:
- Preface. pp. 1.
- List of illustrations. pp. 6.
- List of tables. pp. 7.
- List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 8.
- Shot synopsis. pp. 9.
- Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 10.
- Chapter 2. Exercise Desert Rock V operations at Shot BADGER. pp. 17.
- Chapter 3. Test organization operations at Shot BADGER. pp. 39.
- Chapter 4. Radiation protection at Shot BADGER. pp. 60.
- Reference list. pp. 73.
- Notes:
- "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
- "Performing organization ... JRB Associates"--Report documentation page
- "12 January 1982."
- 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 75-80).
- 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: Shot BADGER.
- OCLC:
- 784695567
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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