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Operation CROSSROADS, 1946 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
- Title
- Operation CROSSROADS, 1946 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1984]
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- Description
- 564 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm.
- Summary
- Crossroads was the first peacetime nuclear weapons test series. It was conducted at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
- Report emphasis is on the radiological safety of the personnel. Available records on personnel exposure are summarized.
- Series Statement
- Crossroads series
- Uniform Title
- Crossroads (Series)
- Subject
- 1946
- Atomic bomb > Bikini Atoll > Testing
- Atomic bomb > Testing
- Marshall Islands > Bikini Atoll
- Marshall Islands
- Nuclear Warfare
- Nuclear weapons > Testing
- Operation Crossroads (Marshall Islands : 1946)
- Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946
- Radiation Effects
- Radiation Protection
- Radioactive Fallout
- Radioactive fallout > Bikini Atoll
- Radioactive fallout
- Note
- Cover title.
- "Kaman Tempo"--Report documentation page.
- "United States atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, nuclear test personnel review."
- DNA 001-79-C-0472. Subtask U99QAXMK506-09.
- "DNA 6032F."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 448).
- Contents
- 1. Overview -- 2. Radiological safety -- 3. Crossroads experimental program -- 4. Test operations -- 5. Post-Baker operations: Bikini, Kwajalein, and the United States -- 6. Bikini scientific resurvey -- 7. U.S. Army ground forces participation -- 8. Summary of U.S. Army Air Forces participation -- 9. U.S. Navy participation -- 10. U.S. Marine Corps participation -- 11. Participation of other government agencies, contracting firms, and universities -- References and bibliography -- Appendix A. Summaries of participating ships' activities -- Appendix B. Radiological safety documents -- Appendix C. Instrumentation Division projects -- Appendix D. Island synonyms -- Appendix E. Glossary of terms -- Appendix F. Radiation readings aboard target vessels -- Appendix G. Sample target ship crew dose reconstruction.
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