Document Details
Title:
OPERATION SUN BEAM, SHOT SMALL BOY, PROJECT OFFICER'S REPORT-PROJECT 6.9: CORRELATION OF PRESENT & PREVIOUS ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS (DELETED)
Author(s):
RENO, H [UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO]; FOWLES, H M [UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO]
Subject Terms:
SUNBEAM PROJECT; SMALL BOY EVENT; DOMINIC II OPERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MEASURING METHODS
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:
Declassification Status:
Sanitized
Document Pages:
0014
Accession Number:
NV0051048
Document Number(s):
POR2234EX
Originating Research Org.:
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
ON MOST PREVIOUS NUCLEAR DETONATIONS, SIGNATURES AND QUANTITATIVE MEAS UREMENTS OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DETONATIONS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AT DISTANCES SUCH THAT NORMAL RADIATION FIELD CHAR ACTERISTICS APPLY. ON SMALL BOY, MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE BY OTHER PROJ ECTS FROM STATIONS LOCATED MUCH CLOSER IN, SUCH AS TO BE INSIDE, ON TH E BOUNDARY OF, AND JUST OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE IONIZED SPHERE CREAT ED BY THE NUCLEAR BURST. THE ELECTRIC FIELD CHARACTERISTICS IN THESE REGIONS WERE UNKNOWN. IN THE HOPE OF PROVIDING CONTINUITY FROM THE RE GION OF THE UNKNOWN INTO THE REASONABLY WELL UNDERSTOOD REGION OF THE RADIATION FIELD, THIS PROJECT WAS REQUESTED TO MAKE THE TYPICAL RADIAT