Shots ESS through MET and Shot ZUCCHINI. The final TEAPOT tests, 23 March-15 May 1955. Technical report

Technical Report · Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6708509

Ponton, J; Maag, C; Wilkinson, M; Rohrer, S

This report describes the activities of DOD personnel, both military and civilian, in Shots ESS, HADR, APPLE 1, WASP PRIME, HA, POST, MET, and ZUCCHINI, the latter eight events of the TEAPOT atmospheric nuclear weapons test series. Shot APPLE 2, the next to the last TEAPOT test event, is described in a separate volume. These tests were conducted from March 23 to May 15, 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, AEC nuclear weapons development laboratories, and the Civil Effects Test Group. This volume also describes the radiological safety activities undertaken at each shot.

• Research Organization: JRB Associates, Inc., McLean, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6708509
• Report Number(s): AD-A-114082/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
NEVADA
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