Operation plumbbob, report to the test director. Nevada Test Site, May-October 1957. Timing and firing. Sanitized version

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1958

OSTI ID:432722

Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc. (EG&G) was responsible for providing timing and firing signals for the thirty shots of Operation Plumbbob at the Nevada Test Site. The timing and firing system included the Control Point at Yucca Pass and four major timing-signal distribution stations, three in Yucca Basin and one in Frenchman Flat. Two additional timing systems in Areas 3 and 12 furnished independent control of firing and monitoring circuits for a number of low-yield detonations. Fourteen timing signals were provided by the basic sequence timer. A new airdrop sequence timer was used on the operation for the first time. The time of detonation for each shot was determined with respect to world time, and light-time characteristics were measured for most of the shots by four Bhangmeters located at the Control Point.

• Research Organization: EG and G, Inc., Boston, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 432722
• Report Number(s): PB--97-123947/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
BLAST EFFECTS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA COMPILATION
NEVADA TEST SITE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PLUMBBOB PROJECT
SITE PREPARATION
TIME MEASUREMENT