OPERATIONS OF THE FALLOUT GROUP OF PROJECT 50.3

Abstract

The Fallout Group was a part of Project 50.3 at Operation Plumbbob, held in Nevada from April to September, 1957. The fallout group was engaged in evaluating, under field conditions, the Signal Corps method of fallout prediction. The group collected the meteorological data necessary to make fallout forecasts, and made plots on a daily basis for each currently scheduled shot. Other duties included conferences and liaison activities. The Signal Corps method of fallout prediction is found to have several shortcomings de pite its numerous virtues. The dose rates forecast by the Signal Corps method are compared with the observed dose rates by means of contour charts and graphs of dose rate versus distance along the hot line.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1960
Accession Number
AD0252267

Entities

People

  • B.f. Watson
  • W.j. Richards

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dose Rate
  • Engineering
  • Field Conditions
  • Forward Areas
  • Fungi
  • Government Procurement
  • Ground Zero
  • Hot Spots
  • Intensity
  • Meteorological Data
  • Particle Size
  • Radioactivity
  • Stations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weather
  • Weather Stations
  • Wind Shear

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Military Science
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.