Guide to U.S. Atmospheric Nuclear Weapon Effects Data
Abstract
This document is a users guide to all of the atmospheric nuclear weapon effects data acquired from U.S. atmospheric explosions. Beginning with the Trinity test in 1945 and ending with the Tightrope event in 1962, the United States triggered over 200 atmospheric nuclear bursts, including the Hiroshima and Nagasaki weapon drops on Japan. The effects information collected in these events represents essentially all of the U.S. data from atmospheric explosions. This information resides in test reports prepared for each experiment in the various nuclear tests or test series and in survey reports covering the atomic bombings of Japan. All of these atmospheric weapon effects test or survey reports have been reviewed and briefly synopsized to describe the data collected and to identify the specific reports containing the data. Atmospheric nuclear testing, Atmospheric nuclear effects development, Nuclear weapon effects, Nuclear data preservation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADB178624
Entities
People
- Robert E. Jackson