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Shot APPLE 2 : a test of the Teapot series, 5 May 1955

Title
Shot APPLE 2 : a test of the Teapot series, 5 May 1955 / Jean Ponton, Martha Wilkinson, Stephen Rohrer.
Author
Ponton, Jean
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Defense Nuclear Agency, Nuclear Test Personnel Review, 1981.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilkinson, Martha (Of JRB Associates)
  • Rohrer, Stephen
  • JRB Associates, sponsor.
  • United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review, sponsor.
  • United States. Defense Nuclear Agency. issuing agency.
Description
102 pages : illustrations, figures, tables; 28 cm
Summary
This report describes the activities of more than 2,000 DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shot APPLE 2, the thirteenth nuclear test in the TEAPOT atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. The test was conducted on 5 May 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC, Test Groups, and the Air Weather Service. The largest activity was the test of an armored task force, Task Force RAZOR, which involved approximately 1,000 troops.
Series Statement
Defense Nuclear Agency (U.S.) ; DNA 6012F
Uniform Title
Defense Nuclear Agency (U.S.) ; DNA-6012F.
Subject
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Atomic bomb > Testing
  • Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada
  • Nevada > Nevada National Security Site
Genre/Form
  • technical reports.
  • Technical reports.
  • Rapports techniques.
Note
  • Cover title.
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "DNA 6012F."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Preface. pp. 1.
  • List of illustrations. pp. 6.
  • List of tables. pp. 7.
  • List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 8.
  • Shot Apple 2 synopsis. pp. 9.
  • Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 11.
  • Chapter 2. Exercise Desert Rock VI operations at Shot APPLE 2. pp. 20.
  • Chpater 3. Joint test organization operations at Shot APPLE 2. pp. 41.
  • Chapter 4. Radiation protection activities at Shot Apple 2. pp. 65.
  • Reference list. pp. 75.
LCCN
82601758
OCLC
  • ocm08340968
  • 8340968
  • SCSB-1392682
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library