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Shot SIMON : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 25 April 1953

Title
Shot SIMON : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 25 April 1953 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.
  • Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.

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Additional Authors
  • United States. Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing body.
  • United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review.
  • JRB Associates.
Description
1 online resource (92 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
This report describes the activities performed by DoD personnel, both civilian and military, at Shot SIMON, the seventh nuclear test in the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. SIMON had an expected yield of 35 kilotons, but its actual yield was 43 kilotons. The test was conducted on 25 April 1953 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, and the AEC test groups. The Tactical Troop Maneuver involved about 2,450 Army personnel. The Volunteer Observer Program had eight participants: seven from the Army and one from the Navy.
Series Statement
DNA ; 6016F
Uniform Title
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6016F.
Alternative Title
Test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 25 April 1953
Subject
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout > Nevada
  • Helicopters > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout
  • Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada
Note
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "Performing organization ... JRB Associates"--Report documentation page.
  • "13 January 1982."
  • In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-74).
Funding (note)
  • Sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (NTPR website, viewed Feb. 14, 2024).
Call Number
GPO Internet D 15.10:6016 F
OCLC
marcive776998352
Title
Shot SIMON : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 25 April 1953 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.
Distributor
Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
DNA ; 6016F
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6016F.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-74).
Funding
Sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA 001-79-C-0473 Subtask U99QAXMK506-08
Connect to:
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222771
Added Author
United States. Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing body.
United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review.
JRB Associates.
Other Form:
Print version: Shot SIMON. [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1982] (OCoLC)8848316
Gpo Item No.
0306 (online)
Sudoc No.
D 15.10:6016 F
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