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Book Operation GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 2 1  Japtan Island Development and Animal Production

Download or read book Operation GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 2 1 Japtan Island Development and Animal Production written by ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WASHINGTON DC. and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Operation Greenhouse   Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951

Download or read book Operation Greenhouse Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 written by George V. Leroy and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since rats, goats, and pigs used in the Bikini test showed almost as much change in behavior and blood picture due to environmental changes as from the actual test itself, it was decided to establish colonies of mice, dogs, and swine on Japtan lsland in preparation for Operation Greenhouse. The animal quarters, special handling equipment, laboratory, shop, and living quarters for personnel are described. Procedures which were used in breeding, cleaning and sterilizing of equipment, record keeping, marking of animals, feeding, veterinary care, and shipping are given. A history of the entire program is included. (auth).

Book OPERATION GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 9 5  Base Facilities

Download or read book OPERATION GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 9 5 Base Facilities written by P. W. Spain and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1951 NTPR report describes an AECM (Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Maintenance) contract for the Eniwetok test site. Reconnaissance of Eniwetok Atoll was undertaken in October 1948 to determine the conditions at the site which would affect the construction of all facilities for a semipermanent proving ground. Based on this reconnaissance, an engineering report was prepared which proposed methods and costs of construction of the minimum facilities then proposed as necessary. Mobilization for construction began in February 1949, and construction started in July 1949. Support of the scientific and technical personnel and operations began in December 1951 and was essentially completed at the end of the Operation Greenhouse in June 1951. The contractor was able to successfully construct and furnish all items and services requested. At the end of Operation Greenhouse, the facilities were 'rolled-up' and placed in maintenance status until such time as build-up begins for a future operation.

Book OPERATION GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 9 1  Staff Reports  Parts 1 to 4  Annex 9 4  Documentary Photography

Download or read book OPERATION GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 9 1 Staff Reports Parts 1 to 4 Annex 9 4 Documentary Photography written by LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB ALBUQUERQUE NM. and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Operation Greenhouse  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 1 9  Air Drop Instrumentation  Part 3  Disc Camera

Download or read book Operation Greenhouse Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 1 9 Air Drop Instrumentation Part 3 Disc Camera written by EDGERTON GERMESHAUSEN AND GRIER INC BOSTON MA. and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disc camera was designed for use to determine the growth characteristic of the fireball and so the yield. The instrument has three separate optical systems and can record three separate streak images of the fireball on a rotating glass photographic plate. The angular velocity of the photoplate at the time of exposure s determined by marker pips recorded on the photoplate. The marker generator is gated by a phototube and is turned off by a time delay. Time to minimum can be determined directly from the streaks and by the use of the scaling laws. Bhangmeter yield can also be determined. For Operation Greenhouse, two cameras were operated in phototowers. Good records were obtained on the first two shots. On the George Shot, which was a daylight test, the photocell in the fiducial marker did not function and no records were attained. The cameras were not operated on the Item Shot. The yields derived compare favorably with those from other fireball determinations.

Book Operation GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 1 5  Neutron Measurements  Part 1  Diagnostic Neutron Experiments

Download or read book Operation GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 1 5 Neutron Measurements Part 1 Diagnostic Neutron Experiments written by E. H. Krause and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of radiation on the passage of an electromagnetic wave along a cable are too complicated to predict accurately from theory alone. Also, near the bomb, the intensity during the shot is so high that the results of laboratory measurements must be extrapolated by too many orders of magnitude to be applied with much confidence to the test conditions. Therefore a number of cables were installed near the bomb for the sole purpose of study the radiation effects, both to help correct the data obtained in the present tests and to help predict shielding requirements in future tests. The two types of effects looked for were (1) a simple attenuation of a voltage across the line due to the shunt conductance set up when Compton recoil electrons from the gamma rays ionize the gas between the inner and outer conductors; and (2) an induced signal due to the Compton electrons being knocked out of the inner and outer conductors in unequal amounts. On the basis of the results, a discussion is given of the adequacy of the coral shielding actually used to protect the horizontal cable runs.

Book OPERATION GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 2 7  Thermal Radiation Injury

Download or read book OPERATION GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 2 7 Thermal Radiation Injury written by Herman E. Pearse and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information concerning the flash burn resulting from an atomic bomb explosion was necessary to understand the lesion, its systematic effects, and prevention and treatment of these effects. In order to reproduce similar sources in the laboratory, it was essential to know the characteristics of the energy producing the biological effect. In order to obtain this information, anesthetized experimental animals were placed in shielded positions at varying distances from bomb zero to cover a wide range of thermal-radiation intensities. Small areas of each animal's skin were exposed through aperture plates which were designed to analyze burn production as a function of time, intensity, and spectrum. Protection of the animal by fabrics covering the skin was also evaluated. Following exposure, animals were retrieved from the exposure stations and transported to a laboratory for analysis of the burn lesions by description, color photography, and microscopic study of biopsy materials.

Book Operation Greenhouse   Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951

Download or read book Operation Greenhouse Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 written by Joseph Knopow and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was necessary to evaluate, as fully as possible, the developmental prototypes under conditions made possible only by an atomic bomb detonation. To carry out this evaluation program, a joint project was initiated in which a Navy P2V-2 type aircraft were, in general, identically instrumented with radiac equipment developed by both services. In general, the types of air-borne radiac equipment evaluated can be classified under the following operational functions: 1) Radioactive-cloud tracking, 2) Air-borne surface-radioactivity mapping, 3) Ground-to-air gamma-radiation-data telemetering, 4) Air-borne radiation detection and measurment. As a result of tests made on the radioactive cloud itself, the surface area within and surrounding the crater, and the air above the crater and surrounding area, the shortcomings as well as the advantages of the equipment and techniques were demonstrated.

Book OPERATION GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 1 11  Timing and Firing and Fiducial Markers

Download or read book OPERATION GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 1 11 Timing and Firing and Fiducial Markers written by Herbert E. Grier and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An automatic remote-control system armed and fired the bomb and sent out a sequence of time signals to experimental equipment on the atoll. A central station at Parry Island sent signals via submarine cables to a timer station on a shot island. The timer station controlled signals to the zero station and to experiments on the island, and through auxiliary stations, it also controlled signal distribution on adjacent islands. Light-sensitive triggering units for apparatus and for accurate standard zero-time reference were provided in the form of Blue Boxes, or fiducial markers.

Book OPERATION GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 1 9  Air Drop Instrumentation  Part 2  Teller Alpha

Download or read book OPERATION GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 1 9 Air Drop Instrumentation Part 2 Teller Alpha written by Herbert E. Grier and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the purpose of the Teller-Alpha experiment to measure the coefficient alpha by means of detectors placed a long distance from the bomb. The detectors are photoelectric devices which respond to visible light produced in the air surrounding the bomb by the absorbed gamma rays, A measurement of this sort was proposed by Edward Teller prior to the Sandstone Operation. The main components of the Teller-Alpha equipment were the photohead, the 200-Mc timing oscillator, and the high-speed-sensitivity recoding oscilloscope. A complete discussion of the experiment is provided.

Book Operation GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 5 1  Annex B  Polaroid Dosimeters

Download or read book Operation GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 5 1 Annex B Polaroid Dosimeters written by H. Haselkorn and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Operation Greenhouse   Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951

Download or read book Operation Greenhouse Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 written by George V. Leroy and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glomerella, corn, and Vycor glass were used in an attempt to measure the dose of mixed nuclear radiation from an atomic bomb. Samples were placed in steel pipe stations located 300 to 800 yd from the tower on Easy Shot. Reasonable and consistent estimates of dose were obtained, but it is not possible to consider them more than approximations. Activated potassium bromide crystals and photoluminescent glass were exposed in unit-density phantoms at Easy Shot. These materials have been proposed for use as personnel dosimeters. Both were energy-dependent, but with this limitation, they were satisfactory dosimeters. (Author).

Book Operation GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 6 9  Protective Clothing and Clothing and Personnel Decontamination

Download or read book Operation GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 6 9 Protective Clothing and Clothing and Personnel Decontamination written by F. M. Steadman and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Operation GREENHOUSE  Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok  1951  Annex 1 5  Neutron Measurements  Part 2  External Neutron and Gamma Flux Measurements by Sample Activation

Download or read book Operation GREENHOUSE Scientific Director s Report of Atomic Weapon Tests at Eniwetok 1951 Annex 1 5 Neutron Measurements Part 2 External Neutron and Gamma Flux Measurements by Sample Activation written by Wendell A. Biggers and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greenhouse operation consisted of a series of four shots conducted at Eniwetok during the Spring of 1951. The external neutron threshold measurements consisted of the use of good samples to measure integrated thermal neutron fluxes and sulfur, iodine, and zirconium samples to measure fluxes of higher energy neutrons. The iodine also measured high-energy gamma-ray intensity. Measurements were also made on slow- and fast-neutron intensities as a function of time.