Special Weapons Project.; Major Descriptors: *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; *NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- TESTING Descriptors: ENIWETOK; MANAGEMENT; OPERATION; PLANNING; SECURITY Broader Terms: EXPLOSIONS; ISLANDS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; WEAPONS Subject Categories: 450200* -- Military Technology, Defense -- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives 10/5/868 00668321 Title: (Item 568 from file: EDB-80-107847 Weaponry, 103) Operation Sandstone. Nuclear explosions. 1948. OCEANIA; ; & National ae TG 7.6 operations. Operation report. Phases A, B, C, D and E. Sandstone report no. Joint Task Force Seven, Washington, DC (USA) Corporate Source: 43 Publication Date: 20 Mar 1948 p 301 Report Number(s): AD-A-078570/9 Document Type: Report Language: English Journal Announcement: EDB8005 Availability: NTIS, PC AA14/MF A0Ql. Subfile: NTS (NTIS). Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: This document outlines the radiological safety procedures developed for and followed during the Operation SANDSTONE Nuclear Explosions.; Major Descriptors: *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS -- SAFETY; *NUCLEAR WEAPONS -TESTING Descriptors: CONSTRUCTION; CONTAMINATION; DAMAGE; ENIWETOK; PERSONNEL; RADIOLOGY Broader Terms: EXPLOSIONS; ISLANDS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MEDICINE; MICRONESIA; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCEANIA; WEAPONS Subject Categories: 450200* -- Military Technology, Defense -- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives 10/5/869 Weaponry, & National (Item 569 from file: 103) 00668320 EDB-80-107846 Title: Atomic weapons tests, Operation Sandstone. 1948. Volume I. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sandstone report no. 1 Corporate Source: Joint Task Force Seven, Washington, DC (USA) Publication Date: 16 Jun 1948 p 51 Report Number(s): AD-A-078563/4 Document Type: Report Language: English Journal Announcement: Availability: Subfile: NTIS, Report to EDB8005 PC AAO4/MF AOl. NTS (NTIS). Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States . Abstract: This report covers the operations of Joint Task Force Seven necessary to the accomplishment of its assigned mission: the construction of an atomic weapons proving ground and the conduct of tests of atomic weapons early in 1948 at the Eniwetok proving ground. The tests consisted of statically detonating by remote control three atomic bombs of new design, located on the top of 200-foot steel towers. The scientific and technical aspects of the tests, which rcc CD involved measurement of the explosions and their effect by =P instrumentation, are not covered in detail in this report. In mountingc this operation the following fundamental considerations were of primar¢g> influence in the formulation of plans and organization: (a) The tests tm would provide the Armed Forces with an invaluable opportunity to participate in atomic weapon development; would therefore prove an excellent training vehicle; and would, from the overall viewpoint, be of inestimable value in the gain to national preparedness and security. (b) Although the Commander, Joint Task Force Seven, was charged with responsibility for the conduct of the entire operation, Standstone was primarily a scientific test with the Armed Forces in a supporting role.