Document Details
Title:
PHS OFF-SITE RAD-SAFETY REPORT FOR JOHN, OPERATION PLUMBBOB
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
DATA; JOHN EVENT; PLUMBBOB OPERATION; RADIATION MONITORING; AEROSOL MONITORING; DOSIMETRY; BETA DETECTION
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1957 Aug 03
Document Pages:
0008
Accession Number:
NV0000133
Originating Research Org.:
NO DATA AVAILABLE
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
OFFSITE AEROSOL MONITORING DATA GATHERED BY THE OFFSITE RADIOLOGICAL S AFETY GROUP FOR JOHN EVENT JULY 19, 1957, OF OPERATION PLUMBBOB ARE GI VEN. THIS EVENT WAS A HIGH ALTITUDE AIR BURST IN WHICH THE CLOUD PROC EEDED NORTHEAST TOWARD LINCOLN MINE, NEVADA, WHERE MAXIMUM AIR CONCENT RATIONS OF BETA ACTIVITY WERE FOUND TO BE 2.59 X 10-3 MICRO-CURIES PER CUBIC METER. THIS REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE AIR CONCENTRATION OF BETA A CTIVITY FOR A 27.8 HOUR SAMPLE PERIOD STARTING A QUARTER OF AN HOUR AF TER THE DETONATION.