Operation Tumbler-Snapper, Nevada Proving Grounds, April-June 1952. Report of the Advisory Personnel to the Air-Sampling Program,

Abstract

The Industrial Hygiene Group of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) Health Division was called upon by the Radiological Safety (Rad-Safe) Unit, organized for Operation Tumbler-Snapper at the Nevada Proving Grounds, to act in an advisory capacity for their air-sampling program. This report presents the results of the program, as well as an evaluation of the administrative, personnel, and equipment requirements necessary to provide these results on subsequent tests. In all considerations of the air-sampling program for Tumbler-Snapper, time played a most decisive role. This was particularly the case in the advance preparation for such a program. That time did assume such importance is mentioned at the start of this report as an indication from experience that an air-sampling project cannot be expected to be entirely satisfactory when included as an afterthought. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1953
Accession Number
ADA078573

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  • Edwin C. Hyatt
  • Harry F. Schulte
  • William S. Johnson

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