Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, 1953 / 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.) ; 6014F.

DNA ; 6014F

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atomic bomb--Nevada--Testing.

Atomic bomb.

Nuclear weapons--Testing.

Nuclear weapons.

Radioactive fallout--Nevada.

Radioactive fallout.

Nevada National Security Site (Nev.).

Atomic bomb--Testing.

Nevada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

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

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.

Summary:

This report describes the activities of an estimated 21,000 DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, the fourth atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series, conducted in Nevada from 17 March to 4 June 1953. Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE consisted of 11 nuclear events. Activities engaging DoD personnel included Exercise Desert Rock V programs, scientific and diagnostic experiments, and DoD support activities. Radiological safety criteria and procedures were established and implemented during Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE to minimize participants' exposures to radioactivity.

Contents:

Fact Sheet. pp. 1.

Preface. pp. 16.

List of illustrations. pp. 24.

List of tables. pp. 26.

List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 28.

Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 29.

Chapter 2. Responsibilities of the administrative organizations during Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE. pp. 41.

Chapter 3. Exercise Desert Rock V programs at Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE. pp. 60.

Chapter 4. Department of Defense participation in joint test organization programs at Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE. pp. 79.

Chapter 5. Radiation protection plans for exercise. pp. 144.

Chapter 6. Dosimetry for Department of Defense personnel at Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE. pp. 182.

Bibliography. pp. 217.

Notes:

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

"11 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 219-246).

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

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2017.

Other Format:

Print version: Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, 1953.

OCLC:

983725130

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