Shots ANNIE to RAY : the first five tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 17 March - 11 April 1953

Shots ANNIE to RAY : the first five tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 17 March - 11 April 1953 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.

Other author/creator	United States. Defense Nuclear Agency.
Other author/creator	JRB Associates.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	[Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1982]
Description	206 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subject(s)	Nuclear weapons--Testing. Atomic bomb--Nevada --Testing. Radioactive fallout--Nevada. Radiation--Safety measures. Ionizing radiation. Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)

Contents	Preface. pp. 1.
Contents	List of illustrations. pp. 9.
Contents	List of tables. pp. 10.
Contents	List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 11.
Contents	Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 12.
Contents	Chapter 2. Shot ANNIE. pp. 21.
Contents	Chapter 3. Shot NANCY. pp. 59.
Contents	Chapter 4. Shot RUTH. pp. 102.
Contents	Chapter 5. Shot DIXIE. pp. 124.
Contents	Chapter 6. Shot RAY. pp. 154.
Contents	Reference list. pp. 175.
Summary	This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both civilian and military, in Shots ANNIE, NANCY, RUTH, DIXIE, and RAY, the first five tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons test series. These tests were conducted from 17 March to 11 April 1953 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC nuclear weapons design laboratories, and the Civil Effects Group. This volume also describes the radiological safety activities at each of these shots.
General note	Cover title.
General note	"JRB Associates"--Rept. doc. p.
General note	"United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
General note	"DNA 6017F."
General note	"Contract no. DNA 001-079-C-0473"--Rept. doc. p.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical rpt number	DNA 6017 F
GPO item number	306
Govt. docs number	D 15.10:6017 F

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