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Shots ENCORE to CLIMAX : the final four tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 8 May - 4 June 1953 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6018F.
- DNA ; 6018F
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.
- Atomic bomb.
- Radioactive fallout--Nevada.
- Radioactive fallout.
- Radiation--Safety measures.
- Radiation.
- Ionizing radiation.
- Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).
- Radiation Protection.
- Radiation, Ionizing.
- Atomic bomb--Testing.
- Nevada.
- Medical Subjects:
- Radiation Protection.
- Radiation, Ionizing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.
- Other Title:
- Final four tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 8 May - 4 June 1953
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.
- Summary:
- This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both civilian and military, in Shots ENCORE, HARRY, GRABLE, and CLIMAX, the final four shots of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons tests series conducted between 8 May and 4 June 1953. These tests involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC nuclear weapons design laboratories, and the Civil Effects Group. This volume also describes the radiological safety activities at each of these four shots.
- Contents:
- Preface. pp. 1.
- List of illustrations. pp. 8.
- List of tables. pp. 9.
- List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 10.
- Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 11.
- Chapter 2. Shot ENCORE. pp. 20.
- Chapter 3. Shot HARRY. pp. 82.
- Chapter 4. Shot GRABLE. pp. 117.
- Chapter 5. Shot CLIMAX. pp. 173.
- Reference list. pp. 193.
- Notes:
- "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
- "Performing organization ... JRB Associates"--Report documentation page.
- "15 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 195-211).
- 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 ENCORE to CLIMAX.
- OCLC:
- 784695559
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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