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Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, 1953

Title
Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, 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
Description
1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
This report describes the activities of an estimated 21,000 DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, the fourth atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series, conducted in Nevada from 17 March to 4 June 1953. Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE consisted of 11 nuclear events. Activities engaging DoD personnel included Exercise Desert Rock V programs, scientific and diagnostic experiments, and DoD support activities. Radiological safety criteria and procedures were established and implemented during Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE to minimize participants' exposures to radioactivity.
Series Statement
DNA ; 6014F
Uniform Title
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6014F.
Subject
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout > Nevada
  • Atomic bomb > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout
  • Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada
Note
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "11 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 219-246).
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 15.10:6014 F
OCLC
marcive983725130
Title
Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, 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 ; 6014F
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; 6014F.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-246).
Funding
Sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA 001-79-C-0473 Subtask U99QAXMK506-08
Connect to:
https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222768
Added Author
United States. Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing body.
United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review.
Other Form:
Print version: Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, 1953. [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by National Technical Information Service], [1982] (OCoLC)8844633
Gpo Item No.
0306 (online)
Sudoc No.
D 15.10:6014 F
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