Author: Daniel E. Lynch
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Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Fallout monitoring data for the United States and Canada during the spring of 1955 "Teapot" weapons test series are reported. In the continental United States individual station totals, extrapolated to January 1, 1956, range from 3.1 to 850 millicuries per square mile. Fallout in Canada and elsewhere is lower than in the United States. There are indications of continuing fallout in not greatly diminished amount for a short time after the close of the reporting period on May 20.
Radioactive Debris in North America from Operation Teapot
Author: Daniel E. Lynch
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Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Fallout monitoring data for the United States and Canada during the spring of 1955 "Teapot" weapons test series are reported. In the continental United States individual station totals, extrapolated to January 1, 1956, range from 3.1 to 850 millicuries per square mile. Fallout in Canada and elsewhere is lower than in the United States. There are indications of continuing fallout in not greatly diminished amount for a short time after the close of the reporting period on May 20.
Publisher:
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Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Fallout monitoring data for the United States and Canada during the spring of 1955 "Teapot" weapons test series are reported. In the continental United States individual station totals, extrapolated to January 1, 1956, range from 3.1 to 850 millicuries per square mile. Fallout in Canada and elsewhere is lower than in the United States. There are indications of continuing fallout in not greatly diminished amount for a short time after the close of the reporting period on May 20.
Radioactive Fallout in North America from Operation Teapot
Author: Robert J. List
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Category : Radioactive fallout
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Radioactive fallout
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Operation TEAPOT 1955
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Category : Atomic bomb
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This report describes the activities of an estimated 11,000 DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Operation TEAPOT, the fifth atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series conducted in Nevada from 18 February to 15 May 1955. Activities engaging DoD personnel included Exercise Desert Rock VI observer programs, troop tests, and technical service programs; AEC scientific and diagnostic measurements to evaluate the effects of the nuclear device; DoD operational training programs; and air support.
Publisher:
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Category : Atomic bomb
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This report describes the activities of an estimated 11,000 DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Operation TEAPOT, the fifth atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series conducted in Nevada from 18 February to 15 May 1955. Activities engaging DoD personnel included Exercise Desert Rock VI observer programs, troop tests, and technical service programs; AEC scientific and diagnostic measurements to evaluate the effects of the nuclear device; DoD operational training programs; and air support.
Operation Teapot, Nevada Test Site, February-May 1955
Author: United States. Food and Drug Administration
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Operation TEAPOT. Biological Effects of Pressure Phenomena Occurring Inside Protective Shelters Following a Nuclear Detonation
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Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
In two series of experiments 277 experimental animals, including 66 dogs, 52 rabbits, 52 guinea pigs, 63 rats, and 44 mice, were exposed under selected conditions in six different general types of instrumented above- and below-ground shelters to blast produced by nuclear explosions. The distance of the several structures from Ground Zero ranged from 1050 to 5500 ft. The most severe alterations in the pressure environment occurring inside the structures followed the detonation of a nuclear device with a yield approximately 50 per cent greater than nominal. The highest overpressure to which animals were exposed was 85.8 psi, the rise time of which was 4 msec. The overpressure endured for about 570 msec. Overpressures ranged from this maximum downward in 15 other exposure situations to a minimum of 1.3 psi enduring for nearly 1346 msec but rising to a maximum in about 420 msec. The latter pressure occurred inside a reinforced concrete bathroom shelter, which was the only surviving part of a house otherwise totally destroyed, at 4700 ft where the outside incident pressure was about 5 psi. Following the nuclear explosions, all animals were recovered, examined, sacrificed, and subjected to gross and microscopic pathological study. All lesions were tabulated and described. The results of pressure-time data, documenting the variations on the pressure environment, are presented and analyzed, and an exploratory attempt is made to relate the alterations in the pressure environment to the associated pathology observed. A critical review of selected material from the blast and related literature is presented. All data are discussed, and the several problems related to the design and construction of protective shelters are noted and briefly, but analytically, assessed.
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Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
In two series of experiments 277 experimental animals, including 66 dogs, 52 rabbits, 52 guinea pigs, 63 rats, and 44 mice, were exposed under selected conditions in six different general types of instrumented above- and below-ground shelters to blast produced by nuclear explosions. The distance of the several structures from Ground Zero ranged from 1050 to 5500 ft. The most severe alterations in the pressure environment occurring inside the structures followed the detonation of a nuclear device with a yield approximately 50 per cent greater than nominal. The highest overpressure to which animals were exposed was 85.8 psi, the rise time of which was 4 msec. The overpressure endured for about 570 msec. Overpressures ranged from this maximum downward in 15 other exposure situations to a minimum of 1.3 psi enduring for nearly 1346 msec but rising to a maximum in about 420 msec. The latter pressure occurred inside a reinforced concrete bathroom shelter, which was the only surviving part of a house otherwise totally destroyed, at 4700 ft where the outside incident pressure was about 5 psi. Following the nuclear explosions, all animals were recovered, examined, sacrificed, and subjected to gross and microscopic pathological study. All lesions were tabulated and described. The results of pressure-time data, documenting the variations on the pressure environment, are presented and analyzed, and an exploratory attempt is made to relate the alterations in the pressure environment to the associated pathology observed. A critical review of selected material from the blast and related literature is presented. All data are discussed, and the several problems related to the design and construction of protective shelters are noted and briefly, but analytically, assessed.
Shots WASP to HORNET
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Category : Atomic bomb
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shots WASP, MOTH, TESLA, TURK, and HORNET, the first five events of the TEAPOT atmospheric nuclear weapons test series. The tests were conducted from February 18 to March 12, 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC nuclear weapons development laboratory test groups, and the Civil Effects Test Group. This volume also describes the radiological safety activities undertaken at each of these five shots.
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Category : Atomic bomb
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shots WASP, MOTH, TESLA, TURK, and HORNET, the first five events of the TEAPOT atmospheric nuclear weapons test series. The tests were conducted from February 18 to March 12, 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC nuclear weapons development laboratory test groups, and the Civil Effects Test Group. This volume also describes the radiological safety activities undertaken at each of these five shots.
For the Record
Author: F. Gladeck
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Category : Ionizing radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
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Category : Ionizing radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee ...
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
Operation Teapot
Author: Jean Ponton
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Category : Nuclear warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This report describes the activities of an estimated 11,000 DOD personnel, both military and civilian, in Operation TEAPOT, the fifth atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series conducted in Nevada from 18 February to 15 May 1955. Activities enuaging DOD personnel included Exercise Desert Rock VI observer programs, troop tests, and technical service programs; AEC scientific and diagnostic experiments to evaluate the effects of the nuclear device; DOD operational training programs; and air support.
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Category : Nuclear warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This report describes the activities of an estimated 11,000 DOD personnel, both military and civilian, in Operation TEAPOT, the fifth atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series conducted in Nevada from 18 February to 15 May 1955. Activities enuaging DOD personnel included Exercise Desert Rock VI observer programs, troop tests, and technical service programs; AEC scientific and diagnostic experiments to evaluate the effects of the nuclear device; DOD operational training programs; and air support.
A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945–1963
Author: David M. Blades
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442232013
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The story of U. S. nuclear testing between 1945 and 1963 is a vivid and exciting one, but also one of profound importance. It is a story of trailblazing scientific progress, weapons of mass destruction, superpower rivalry, accidents, radiological contamination, politics, and diplomacy. The testing of weapons that defined the course and consequences of the Cold War was itself a crucial dimension to the narrative of that conflict. Further, the central question - Why conduct nuclear tests? - was fully debated among American politicians, generals, civilians, and scientists, and ultimately it was victory for those who argued in favor of national security over diplomatic and environmental costs that normalized nuclear weapons tests. A History of U. S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945–1963 is an examination of this question, beginning with the road to normalization and, later, de-normalization of nuclear testing, leading to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963. As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442232013
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The story of U. S. nuclear testing between 1945 and 1963 is a vivid and exciting one, but also one of profound importance. It is a story of trailblazing scientific progress, weapons of mass destruction, superpower rivalry, accidents, radiological contamination, politics, and diplomacy. The testing of weapons that defined the course and consequences of the Cold War was itself a crucial dimension to the narrative of that conflict. Further, the central question - Why conduct nuclear tests? - was fully debated among American politicians, generals, civilians, and scientists, and ultimately it was victory for those who argued in favor of national security over diplomatic and environmental costs that normalized nuclear weapons tests. A History of U. S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945–1963 is an examination of this question, beginning with the road to normalization and, later, de-normalization of nuclear testing, leading to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963. As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century.