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CASTLE series, 1954 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6035F.
- DNA ; 6035F
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hydrogen bomb--Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll--Testing.
- Hydrogen bomb.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Operation Castle, Marshall Islands, 1954.
- Nuclear weapons--Safety measures.
- Ionizing radiation--Safety measures.
- Ionizing radiation.
- Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands).
- Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands).
- Hydrogen bomb--Testing.
- Marshall Islands.
- Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll.
- Marshall Islands--Enewetak Atoll.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (526 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.
- Summary:
- CASTLE was an atmospheric nuclear weapons test series held in the Marshall Islands at Enewetak and Bikini atolls in 1954. This is a report of DoD personnel in CASTLE with an emphasis on operations and radiological safety.
- Contents:
- Fact sheet. pp. 1.
- Preface. pp. 6.
- Ilustrations. pp. 17.
- Tables. pp. 21.
- Chapter 1. Overview. pp. 25.
- Chapter 2. Radiological safety. pp. 74.
- Chapter 3. DOD experimental participation. pp. 166.
- Chapter 4. BRAVO test. pp. 201.
- Chapter 5. Tests after BRAVO. pp. 246.
- Chapter 6. Summary of U.S. Army participation in CASTLE. pp. 325.
- Chapter 7. Summary of U.S. Navy participation in CASTLE. pp. 332.
- Chapter 8. Summary of U.S. Air Force participation in CASTLE. pp. 384.
- Chaper 9. Summary of U.S. Marine Corps participation in CASTLE. pp. 397.
- Chapter 10. Summary of Joint defense agency, other government, contractor, and foreign participation in CASTLE. pp. 400.
- Chapter 11. Personnel exposures. pp. 409.
- References. pp. 413.
- Appendix A. Copies of CASTLE documents. pp. 431.
- Appendix B. Terms, abbreviations, acronyms, and units. pp. 471.
- Appendix C. Island synonyms. pp. 491.
- Appendix D. Index of participating organizations. pp. 497.
- Notes:
- "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Test, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
- "1 April 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 414-426).
- 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: CASTLE series, 1954.
- OCLC:
- 784652691
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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