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    Project Trinity, 1945-1946
    Project Trinity, 1945-1946
    Project Trinity, 1945-1946
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    Project Trinity, 1945-1946

    By Carl R. Maag and Steve Rohrer

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    United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests
    Nuclear Test Personnel Review
    Prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as Executive Agency for the Department of Defense


    CHAPTERS:

    1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Historical Background of Project TRINITY 1.2 The Project TRINITY Site 1.3 The Project TRINITY Organization 1.4 Military and Civilian Participants in Project TRINITY
    2 THE ACTIVITIES AT PROJECT TRINITY 2.1 Preshot Activities 2.2 Detonation and Postshot Activities 2.3 Activities after 16 July 1945
    3 RADIATION PROTECTION AT PROJECT TRINITY 3.1 Organization 3.2 Site Monitoring Group 3.3 Offsite Monitoring Group
    4 DOSIMETRY ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPANTS IN PROJECT TRINITY 4.1 Film Badge Records 4.2 Gamma Radiation Exposure
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriOnlineShopping.com
    Release dateJan 15, 2019
    ISBN9788829596515
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      PLEASE NOITIFY THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY, ATTN: STTI, WASINGTON D.C. 20305, IF YOUR ADDRESS IS INCORRECT, IF YOU WISH TO BE DELETED FROM THE DISTRIBUTION LIST, OR IF THE ADDRESSEE IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION.

      PROJECT TRINITY

      1945-1946

      by

      Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer

      United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests

      Nuclear Test Personnel Review

      Prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as Executive Agency for the Department of Defense

      Destroy this report when it is no longer needed.

      Do not return to sender.

      PLEASE NOITIFY THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY, ATTN: STTI, WASINGTON D.C. 20305, IF YOUR ADDRESS IS INCORRECT, IF YOU WISH TO BE DELETED FROM THE DISTRIBUTION LIST, OR IF THE ADDRESSEE IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION.

      Since declassified

      ORGANIZATION OF THIS VOLUME

      CONTENTS:

      LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE FACT SHEET PREFACE

      CHAPTERS:

      1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Historical Background of Project TRINITY 1.2 The Project TRINITY Site 1.3 The Project TRINITY Organization 1.4 Military and Civilian Participants in Project TRINITY

      2 THE ACTIVITIES AT PROJECT TRINITY 2.1 Preshot Activities 2.2 Detonation and Postshot Activities 2.3 Activities after 16 July 1945

      3 RADIATION PROTECTION AT PROJECT TRINITY 3.1 Organization 3.2 Site Monitoring Group 3.3 Offsite Monitoring Group

      4 DOSIMETRY ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPANTS IN PROJECT TRINITY 4.1 Film Badge Records 4.2 Gamma Radiation Exposure

      REFERENCE LIST

      LIST OF FIGURES

      1-1 Location of Alamogordo Bombing Range 1-2 TRINITY Site and Major Installations 1-3 Tent Used as Guard Post at Project TRINITY 1-4 Truck Used as Guard Post at Project TRINITY 1-5 Organization of Project TRINITY 2-1 The TRINITY Shot-tower 2-2 The TRINITY Detonation, 0530 Hours, 16 July 1945 2-3 The South Shelter (Control Point) 2-4 Inside One of the Shelters 2-5 The Base Camp, Headquarters for Project TRINITY 2-5 The Base Camp, Headquarters for Project TRINITY 2-6 Project TRINITY Personnel Wearing Protective Clothing 2-7 JUMBO after the TRINITY Detonation

      LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

      The following abbreviations and acronyms are used in this volume:

      AEC Atomic Energy Commission

      DOD Department of Defense

      LASL Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

      MAUD [Committee for the] Military Application of Uranium Detonation

      MED Manhattan Engineer District

      R/h roentgens per hour

      UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

      REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE

      SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE (When Data Entered):

      UNCLASSIFIED

      1. REPORT NUMBER: DNA 6028F

      2. GOVT ACCESSION NO.:

      3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER:

      4. TITLE (and Subtitle): PROJECT TRINITY 1945-1946

      5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED: Final Report

      6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER: JRB 2-816-03-423-00

      7. AUTHOR(S): Carl Maag, Steve Rorer

      8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER(S): DNA 001-79-C-0473

      9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS:

      JRB Associates

      8400 Westpark Drive

      McLean, Virginia 22102

      10. PROGRAM ELEMENT. PROJECT, TASK AREA & WORK UNIT NUMBERS:

      Subtask U99QAXMK506-08

      11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS:

      Director

      Defense Nuclear Agency

      Washington, D.C. 20305

      12. REPORT DATE: 15 December 1982

      13. NUMBER OF PAGES: 76

      14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME & ADDRESS(if different from Controlling

      Office):

      15. SECURITY CLASS. (of this report): UNCLASSIFIED

      15a. DECLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE: N/A Since UNCLASSIFIED

      16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of this Report): Approved for public

      release; distribution unlimited.

      17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of the abstract entered In Block 20, If

      different from Report):

      18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES: This work was sponsored by the Defense

      Nuclear Agency under RDT&E RMSS Code B350079464 U99QAXMK50608 H2590D.

      For sale by National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA

      22161.

      The Defense Nuclear Agency Action Officer, Lt. Col. H. L. Reese, USAF, under whom this work was done, wishes to acknowledge the research

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