Document Details


Title:
OPERATION TEAPOT, PROJECT 39.4B, TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHY, HIGH SPEED-BLAST BIOLOGY ( FEBRUARY - MAY 1955 )
Author(s):
PALMER, M A [* LOVELACE FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH]; HARPER, R S [* LOVELACE FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH]; CORSBIE, R L [CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP]
Subject Terms:
TEAPOT OPERATION; APPLE-1 EVENT; APPLE-2 EVENT; BLAST EFFECTS; RADIATION DOSES; PHOTOGRAPHS; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT
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:
1955 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0032
Accession Number:
NV0051121
Document Number(s):
WT1197
Originating Research Org.:
LOVELACE FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL, EDUCATION AND RES
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC REQUIREMEN TS FOR CIVIL EFFECTS TEST GROUP PROJECTS CONCERNED WITH THE BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA OF BLAST. PRESHOT AND POSTSHOT WERE OBTAINED OF ANIMALS AND / OR STRUCTURES UTILIZED BY THE ABOVE PROJECTS. HIGH-SPEED MOTION PICT URE SEQUENCES OF GROUP-SHELTER INTERIORS CONTAINING ANIMALS WERE ATTEM PTED-TWO DURING APPLE I AND TWO DURING APPLE II. TRAID 16-MM CAMERAS W ERE UTILIZED AT A SPEED OF 200 FRAMES/SEC. CAMERAS STARTED AT H-2 SEC AND RAN FOR A TOTAL OF 20 SEC. FOR VARIOUS REASONS, ONLY ONE OF THE SE QUENCES WAS AT ALL SUCCESSFUL. MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF GROSS SPECIMENS WERE OBTAINED AT THE TIME OF AUTOPSY OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS. DOCUMENT ARY AND TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED FOR A PROJECT STUDYING MIS SILE BEHAVIOR. STYROFOAM CELLS SHOWING EVIDENCE OF MISSILE PENETRATION WERE PHOTOGRAPHED IN A SPECIALEY CONSTRUCTED GRID PROVING A SYSTEM OF COORDINATES FOR ACCURATE REFERENCE. A RECOMMENDATION FOR SUCH A PROJE CT TO MAINTAIN ON-SITE PROCESSING FACILITIES WAS MADE. SEVERAL CONCLUS IONS WERE DRAWN REGARDING CHANGES NECESSARY TO BETTER ASSURE MOTION PI CTURE RESULTS UNDER EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.


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