Research Catalog

Title

Operation DOMINIC I, 1962 / L. Berkhouse and 8 others.

Author

Berkhouse, L.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Defense Nuclear Agency, Nuclear Test Personnel Review, 1983.

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Additional Authors

• Kaman Tempo (Firm)
• Kaman Tempo (Firm), sponsor.
• United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review, sponsor.
• United States. Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing agency.

Description

432 pages : illustrations, figures, maps, tables; 28 cm

Summary

DOMINIC I was an atmospheric nuclear weapons test series conducted in the Pacific Ocean area in 1962. It included 5 high-altitude shots at Johnston Island, 29 airdrop airburst events near Johnston and Christmas Islands, one Polaris-launched airburst in the Christmas Island area, and one underwater test in the Pacific Ocean off the United States West Coast. This is a report on DOD personnel with an emphasis on operations and radiological safety.

Series Statement

Defense Nuclear Agency (U.S.) ; DNA-6040F

Uniform Title

Defense Nuclear Agency (U.S.) ; DNA-6040F.

Subject

• Nuclear weapons > Testing
• Radioactive fallout > Pacific Coast (U.S.)
• Atomic bomb > Pacific Coast (U.S.) > Testing
• Radiation > Safety measures
• Radiation Protection
• Atomic bomb > Testing
• Radioactive fallout
• United States > Pacific Coast

Note

• Cover title.
• "Kaman Tempo"--Rept. doc. p.
• "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
• "DNA 6040F."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Type of Report (note)

• Technical report.

Contents

• Fact sheet. pp. 1.
• Preface. pp. 5.
• List of illustrations. pp. 15.
• List of tables. pp. 21.
• Chapter 1. Overview. pp. 23.
• Chapter 2. Radiological safety. pp. 64.
• Chapter 3. DOD experimental participation. p. 110.
• Chapter 4. Weapon development test operaitons. pp. 140.
• Chapter 5. FRIGATE BIRD. pp. 18.
• Chapter 6. SWORDFISH. pp. 196.
• Chapter 7. FISHBOWL -- High-altitude events. pp. 218.
• Chapter 8. U.S. Army participation in Operation DOMINIC. pp. 252.
• Chapter 9. U.S. Navy participation in Operation DOMINIC. pp. 261.
• Chapter 10. U.S. Air Force participation in Operation DOMINIC. pp. 320.
• Chapter 11. U.S. Marine Corps participation in Operation DOMINIC. pp. 341.
• Chapter 12. Department of Defense, Atomic Energy Commission, other government, contractor and foreign participation in Operation DOMINIC. pp. 344.
• Summary of personnel exposures. pp. 357.
• Bibliography and references. pp. 362.
• Appendix A. Radiological safety documents. pp. 379.
• Appendix B. List of codes used in the DOMINIC consolidated list of exposures. pp. 395.
• Appendix C. Terms, abbreviations, acronyms, and units. pp. 403.

OCLC

• ocm10240984
• 10240984
• SCSB-1392574

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library