Shots ENCORE to CLIMAX : the final four tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 8 May - 4 June 1953

Shots ENCORE to CLIMAX : the final four tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 8 May - 4 June 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	230 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. 8.
Contents	List of tables. pp. 9.
Contents	List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 10.
Contents	Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 11.
Contents	Chapter 2. Shot ENCORE. pp. 20.
Contents	Chapter 3. Shot HARRY. pp. 82.
Contents	Chapter 4. Shot GRABLE. pp. 117.
Contents	Chapter 5. Shot CLIMAX. pp. 173.
Contents	Reference list. pp. 193.
Summary	This report describes the activities of DoD personnel, both civilian and military, in Shots ENCORE, HARRY, GRABLE, and CLIMAX, the final four shots of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons tests series conducted between 8 May and 4 June 1953. These tests 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 four 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 6018F."
General note	"Contract no. DNA 001-79-C-0473"--Rept. doc. p.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical rpt number	DNA 6018 F
GPO item number	306
Govt. docs number	D 15.10:6018 F

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