Document Details
Title:
OPERATION SUN BEAM, SHOT SMALL BOY, PROJECT OFFICERS REPORT-PROJECT 2.12, ROCKET SAMPLING ( U )
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
DOMINIC II OPERATION; SMALL BOY EVENT; CLOUD SAMPLES; GAMMA DOSIMETRY; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; EQUIPMENT; DATA
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:
1963 Oct 11
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0044
Accession Number:
NV0051261
Document Number(s):
WT2218
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
FIVE ROCKETS EQUIPPED WITH SAMPLING DEVICES AND GAMMA DOSIMETERS WERE FIRED THROUGH THE SMALL BOY CLOUD AT H+1 MINUTE AT A SERIES OF ALTITUD ES FROM 1,000 FEET TO 5,000 FEET IN AN EFFORT TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS TECHNIQUE FOR STUDYING THE EARLY NUCLEAR CLOUD. THE ONLY ROCKE T RECOVERED EARLY COLLECTED NO SAMPLE. ANOTHER ROCKET, RECOVERED APPRO XIMATELY 4 MONTHS AFTER THE SHOT, FAILED TO DEPLOY ITS PARACHUTE AND W AS SEVERELY DAMAGED. PRESUMABLY THE PARACHUTES FAILED ALSO IN THE THRE E REMAINING ROCKETS. THE TRAJECTORY PREDICTIONS WERE SERIOUSLY IN ERRO R. DATA FROM THE GAMMA DOSIMETERS WERE INCONCLUSIVE. THE FEASIBILITY O F SAMPLING THE EARLY NUCLEAR CLOUD BY ROCKET REMAINS IN DOUBT.