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Shots ENCORE to CLIMAX : the final four tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 8 May - 4 June 1953

Title
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.
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 (230 pages) : illustrations.
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.
Series Statement
DNA ; 6018F
Uniform Title
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6018F.
Alternative Title
Final four tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 8 May - 4 June 1953
Subject
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout > Nevada
  • Radiation > Safety measures
  • Ionizing radiation
  • 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.
  • "15 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 195-211).
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 15.10:6018 F
OCLC
marcive784695559
Title
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.
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 ; 6018F
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6018F.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211).
Funding
Sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA 001-79-C-0473 U99QAXMK506-08
Connect to:
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222773
Added Author
United States. Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing body.
United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review.
JRB Associates.
Other Form:
Print version: Shots ENCORE to CLIMAX. [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1982] (OCoLC)8836572
Gpo Item No.
0306 (online)
Sudoc No.
D 15.10:6018 F
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