Document Details
Title:
TRINITY
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
MANHATTAN PROJECT; TRINITY EVENT; SITE SELECTION; PLANS; TESTING; BLAST EFFECTS; PERSONNEL; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; OFFICIAL OBSERVERS; SAFETY; RADIATION PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT; EXPOSURE RATEMETERS; AERIAL MONITORING; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL; ALPHA DETECTION; GAMMA DETECTION; DATA; DOSE RATES; RADIATION MONITORING; ABSORPTION; SHIELDING; CALCULATION METHODS; SEISMIC DETECTION; PHOTOGRAPHS; RECOMMENDATIONS
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:
1976 May 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0082
Accession Number:
NV0012846
Document Number(s):
LA6300H
Originating Research Org.:
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THIS REPORT IS INTENDED AS A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE JULY 16,1945 ATOMIC BOMB TEST AT THE ALAMOGORDO AIR BASE. SECTIONS 1-5 DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO "ZERO," THE MOMENT THE BOMB WAS DETONA TED. SECTION 6, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED AS A SUMMARY ONLY OF THE RADIATION OBSERVATIONS AT TRINITY, WAS NOT WRITTEN UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 1946. DURING THE INTERVENING TIME, THE AIRBURST TEST AT BIKINI WAS MAD E, AND IT WAS CONSIDERED USEFUL THAT A COMPARISON BE INCLUDED BETWEEN THIS LATER TEST AND THE TRINITY DATA. SECTIONS 7-10 SUMMARIZE ALL OTHER EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT TH E TRINITY TEST. SECTION 11, BY THE EDITOR OF THIS REPORT, IS RELATIVE TO POSSIBLE FUTURE ATOMIC BOMB TESTS THAT MIGHT BE SCHEDULED TO INVEST IGATE THE BEHAVIOUR OF BOMBS OF A DESIGN DIFFERENT FROM THE MODEL 2 IM PLOSION BOMB USED AT TRINITY, NAGASAKI, AND BIKINI.