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Shots ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, and DOG : the first tests of the TUMBLER-SNAPPER series, 1 April - 1 May 1962

Title
Shots ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, and DOG : the first tests of the TUMBLER-SNAPPER series, 1 April - 1 May 1962 / Jean Ponton, Carl Maag.
Author
Ponton, Jean.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Defense Nuclear Agency, Nuclear Test Personnel Review, 1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Maag, Carl.
  • JRB Associates. sponsor.
  • United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review. sponsor.
  • United States. Defense Nuclear Agency. issuing agency.
Description
230 pages : illustrations, figures, tables; 28 cm
Summary
This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both civilian and military, in Shots ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, and DOG, the first Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER shots, conducted from 1 April to 1 May 1952. These tests involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock IV, AFSWP, AFSWC, and an AEC nuclear weapons development laboratory. Radiological safety activities at each shot are also described.
Series Statement
Defense Nuclear Agency (U.S.) ; DNA-6020F
Uniform Title
Defense Nuclear Agency (U.S.) ; DNA-6020F.
Subject
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout > Nevada
  • Radiation > Safety measures
  • Atomic bomb > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout
  • Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada
  • Nevada > Nevada National Security Site
Note
  • Cover title.
  • "JRB Associates"--Rept. doc. p.
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Test, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "DNA 6020F."
  • "Contract no. DNA 001-79-C-0473"--Rept. doc. p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 201-212.
Contents
  • Preface. pp. 1.
  • List of illustrations. pp. 7.
  • List of tables. pp. 9.
  • List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 10.
  • Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 11.
  • Chapter 2. Shot ABLE. pp. 21.
  • Chapter 3. Shot BAKER. pp. 50.
  • Chapter 4. Shot CHARLIE. pp. 87.
  • Chapter 5. Shot DOG. pp. 144.
  • Reference list. pp. 199.
OCLC
  • ocm08919328
  • 8919328
  • SCSB-1392638
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library