Radioactive Debris From Operations Upshot and Knothole (open access)

Radioactive Debris From Operations Upshot and Knothole

Activities of the National Monitoring System are summarized for the period March 1 to June 15, 1953, during which eleven nuclear devices were fired at the Nevada Proving Grounds durirg Operation Upshot-Knothole. The program employed a world-wide network of 125 sampling locations. Each station collected samples of atmospheric dusts/or radiometric analysis. A comparison is made of air concentrations and fall-out activities. Data are tabulated. (C.H.)
Date: June 25, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library