Trinity

Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5306263· OSTI ID:5306263

Bainbridge, K. T.

This report is intended as a comprehensive record of the July 16, 1945 atomic bomb test at the Alamogordo Air Base. The events leading up to Zero, the moment the bomb was detonated are described in detail. The radiation observations at Trinity, are summarized and compared with the airburst test at Bikini. All other experimental observations made at the Trinity test are summarized. Possible future atomic bomb tests that might be scheduled to investigate the behavior of bombs of a design different from the Model 2 Implosion Bomb used at Trinity, Nagasaki, and Bikini are discussed.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5306263
• Report Number(s): LA-6300-H; ON: DE82010104
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450202* -- Explosions & Explosives-- Nuclear-- Weaponry-- (-1989)
ATMOSPHERIC EXPLOSIONS
BLAST EFFECTS
DATA
DETONATIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXPLOSIONS
FEDERAL REGION VI
INFORMATION
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PLANNING
RADIATION EFFECTS
REVIEWS
SEISMIC WAVES
SHOCK WAVES
TESTING
TRINITY EVENT
USA
WEAPONS