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Shot GALILEO : a test of the PLUMBBOB series, 2 September 1957

Title
Shot GALILEO : a test of the PLUMBBOB series, 2 September 1957 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1981.
  • 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
Description
1 online resource (82 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shot GALILEO, the 16th nuclear test in the PLUMBBOB atmospheric weapons testing series. The test was conducted on 2 September 1957 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VIII, AFSWP, AFSWC, and AEC test groups. This volume also describes the radiological safety criteria and procedures in effect at Shot GALILEO.
Series Statement
DNA ; 6001F
Uniform Title
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6001F.
Alternative Title
Test of the PLUMBBOB series, 2 September 1957
Subject
  • Operation Plumbbob, Nev., 1957
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Ionizing radiation
  • Atomic bomb > Testing
  • Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada
Note
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "27 February 1981."
  • 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 62-64).
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. 15, 2024).
Call Number
GPO Internet D 15.10:6001 F
OCLC
marcive784695607
Title
Shot GALILEO : a test of the PLUMBBOB series, 2 September 1957 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1981.
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 ; 6001F
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6001F.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-64).
Funding
Sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA 001-79-C-0473 Subtask U99QAXMK506-08
Connect to:
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222708
Added Author
United States. Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing body.
United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review.
Other Form:
Print version: Shot GALILEO. [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1981] (OCoLC)7834114
Gpo Item No.
0306 (online)
Sudoc No.
D 15.10:6001 F
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