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Operation sun beam, Shot Johnie Boy. Project Officer`s report. Project 1.9. Crater measurements (sanitized version)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:415952

The objectives of Project 1.9 were to obtain dimensions of the apparent and true craters formed by Shot Johnie Boy (a low-yield, near-surface nuclear detonation in desert alluvium) and to measure the permanent earth deformation occurring within the rupture and plastic zones.

Research Organization:
Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States)
OSTI ID:
415952
Report Number(s):
PB--97-112809/XAB; DASA-POR--2284-SAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English