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Shots WASP to HORNET : the first five TEAPOT tests, 18 February - 12 March 1955

Title
Shots WASP to HORNET : the first five TEAPOT tests, 18 February - 12 March 1955 / 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 (186 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
DNA ; 6010F
Uniform Title
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6010F.
Alternative Title
First five TEAPOT tests, 18 February - 12 March 1955
Subject
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Radiation > Safety measures
  • Atomic bomb > Testing
  • Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada
Genre/Form
Technical reports.
Note
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Test, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "26 November 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 159-168).
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 15.10:6010 F
OCLC
marcive784695626
Title
Shots WASP to HORNET : the first five TEAPOT tests, 18 February - 12 March 1955 / 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 ; 6010F
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6010F.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168).
Funding
Sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA 001-79-C-0473 Subtask U99QAXMK506-08
Connect to:
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222724
Added Author
United States. Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing body.
United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review.
Other Form:
Print version: Shots WASP to HORNET. [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1981] (OCoLC)8340949
Gpo Item No.
0306 (online)
Sudoc No.
D 15.10:6010 F
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