Shots ESS through MET and SHOT ZUCCHINI. The Final TEAPOT Tests, 23 March-15 May 1955

Abstract

This report describes the activities of DOD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shots ESS, HADR, APPLE 1, WASP PRIME, HA, POST, MET, and ZUCCHINI, the latter eight events of the TEAPOT atmospheric nuclear weapons test series. Shot APPLE 2, the next to the last TEAPOT test event, is described in a separate volume. These tests were conducted from March 23 to May 15, 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC nuclear weapons development laboratories, and the Civil Effects Test Group. This volume also describes the radiological safety activities undertaken at each shot.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 27, 1981
Accession Number
ADA114082

Entities

People

  • Carl Maag
  • Jean Ponton
  • Martha Wilkinson
  • Stephen Rohrer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Vehicle Weapons
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Blast Loads
  • Explosives
  • Gamma Rays
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Explosive Engineering.