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Title:
Operation Roller Coaster, Interim Summary Report (U)
Author(s):
Dick, J. L. [Defense Atomic Support Agency, Washington, DC (United States)]; Shreve, J. D. [Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; Iveson, J. S. [Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), Aldermaston (United Kingdom)]
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1963 Sep 01
Declassification Date:
2006 May 02
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
100 p.
Accession Number:
none
Document Number(s):
POIR-2500(Vol.1)
Originating Research Org.:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (United States); Defense Atomic Support Agency, Washington, DC (United States); Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), Aldermaston (United Kingdom)
OpenNet Entry Date:
2013 Dec 10
OpenNet Modified Date:
2024 Nov 12
Description/Abstract:
Operation Roller Coaster, carried out in the western sector of the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range with joint US/UK participation was a research program devoted to the study of non-nuclear explosions of plutonium-bearing devices in different environs. The principal and several objectives were to investigate by exposure of animals to precisely measured aerosols the biological hazard of plutonium scattered by non-nuclear explosions, to evaluate the effectiveness of earth covered storage structures in reducing the radiological hazard produced by a detonation within the structure, and to improve mathematical cloud models by which to forecast the areal extent of plutonium dispersed, and the magnitude of radiological exposure likely from any given accident situation. Four shots, called DOUBLE TRACKS and CLEAN SLATE Nos. 1, 2 and 5 were fired.