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Operation TEAPOT 1955

Title
Operation TEAPOT 1955 / 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], [23 November 1981]

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Additional Authors
  • Ponton, Jean
  • Maag, Carl R.
  • Wilkinson, Martha (Of JRB Associates)
  • Shepanek, Robert F., 1949-
  • United States. Defense Nuclear Agency.
Description
272 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm
Summary
This report describes the activities of an estimated 11,000 DoD personnel, both military and civilian, in Operation TEAPOT, the fifth atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series conducted in Nevada from 18 February to 15 May 1955. Activities engaging DoD personnel included Exercise Desert Rock VI observer programs, troop tests, and technical service programs; AEC scientific and diagnostic measurements to evaluate the effects of the nuclear device; DoD operational training programs; and air support.
Subject
  • Operation Teapot, Nevada, 1955
  • Atomic bomb > Nevada > Testing
  • Nuclear weapons > Testing
  • Armes nucléaires > Essais
  • Atomic bomb > Testing
  • Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada Test Site (Nev.)
  • Nevada > Nevada National Security Site
  • Nevada
Genre/Form
  • technical reports.
  • Technical reports.
  • Rapports techniques.
Note
  • Cover title.
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "DNA 6009F."
  • Item 306.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction to Operation TEAPOT -- Responsibilities of the administrative organizations during Operation TEAPOT -- Excercise Desert Rock VI prgrams at Operation TEAPOT -- Department of Defense participation in joint test organization programs at Operation TEAPOT -- Radiation protection at Operation TEAPOT -- Dosimetry for Department of Defense personnel at Operation TEAPOT.
LCCN
82601758
OCLC
  • ocm08321437
  • 8321437
  • SCSB-1392695
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library