also at HARDTACK I were authorized to receive 15 rem for the total operation
(21: 5,74).

The table below summarizes doses for both the weapons-related

events and the safety experiments:
Summary of External Doses for Operation HARDTACK II as of 1 May 1986
Gamma Dose (rem)

0-0.5

0.5-1

1-3

3-5

5-10

10+

Army

45

64

200

15

5

1

Navy

31

0

1

1

0

0

204

19

27

5

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

952

35

20

2

0

0

Air Force
Marine Corps
Civilian DOD

Participants

4.18 SAFETY EXPERIMENTS.
The nuclear weapons testing program included 33 safety experiments,
conducted at the NTS from 1955 to 1958 (22: 8,9,11,12; 17: 9):
e

Four experiments called PROJECT 56 and conducted in November 1955 and
January 1956, after Operation TEAPOT

e

Six experiments called PROJECT 57 and conducted in April, July,
August, and September 1957 before and during Operation PLUMBBOB

e

Four experiments identified as PROJECT 58 and conducted in December

e

Nineteen experiments conducted from July to October 1958 during
Operations HARDTACK I and II.

1957 and February and March 1958, after Operation PLUMBBOB

Eleven of the tests were surface detonations, while nine occurred in
shafts, six in tunnels, and one on a barge.

Of the remaining safety

experiments, five were tower detonations and one was a balloon test.

Ten of

the experiments had no measurable yield while one, COULOMB C, had 0.5 kiloton,
which was the highest yield of any safety experiment.

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