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Shot BADGER : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 18 April 1953

Title
Shot BADGER : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 18 April 1953 / Jeannie Massie, Carl Maag, Stephen Rohrer, Robert Shepanek.
Author
Massie, Jeannie.
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
  • JRB Associates. sponsor.
  • United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review. sponsor.
  • United States. Defense Nuclear Agency. issuing agency.
Description
98 pages : illustrations, figures, tables; 28 cm
Summary
This report describes the activities of DoD personnel in Shot BADGER, the sixth nuclear test in the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. The test, conducted on 18 April 1953, involved military personnel in Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, and AEC test activities. The largest activity was the 2d Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade maneuver involving 2,167 Marines.
Series Statement
Defense Nuclear Agency (U.S.) ; DNA-6015F
Uniform Title
Defense Nuclear Agency (U.S.) ; DNA-6015F.
Subject
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout > Nevada
  • Armes nucléaires > Essais
  • Retombées radioactives > Nevada
  • Atomic bomb > Testing
  • Radioactive fallout
  • Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada Test Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada
  • Nevada > Nevada National Security Site
Note
  • Cover title.
  • "JRB Associates"--Rept. doc. p.
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "DNA 6015F."
  • "Contract no. DNA 001-79-C-0473"--Rept. doc. p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 75-80.
Contents
  • Preface. pp. 1.
  • List of illustrations. pp. 6.
  • List of tables. pp. 7.
  • List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 8.
  • Shot synopsis. pp. 9.
  • Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 10.
  • Chapter 2. Exercise Desert Rock V operations at Shot BADGER. pp. 17.
  • Chapter 3. Test organization operations at Shot BADGER. pp. 39.
  • Chapter 4. Radiation protection at Shot BADGER. pp. 60.
  • Reference list. pp. 73.
OCLC
  • ocm08848423
  • 8848423
  • SCSB-1392659
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library