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channels operated.

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an expected flux Gist
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The time-interval measurement
encountered similar difficulties as on Teak, except that they were more
severe, Both primary and secondary signals were recorded, but because of
scattering in the deep cloud layer the time smear of the primary light pre-

vented the initial sharp rise required for a valid measurement. However
unfolding of the otherwise well-written records should yield a useful number.
The majority of the spectrographs and cameras registered either weak
signals or none. However, three instruments (two NRL, one LASL) recorded
relatively late time information which appears valuable. Also many photoelectric channels wrote a readable signal. These data describe qualitatively
the fireball behavior from approximately 1 msec on. Although information

for earlier times ig not entirely absent, it is very sketchy.

Nevertheless

there is a fair chance that one will arrive at a useful qualitative picture of
Orange fireball development, especially if the spectroscopic data analysis
can be supplemented by analysis of the EG&G high speed photographic records
taken from airplanes.
Program ii, Radiochemistry
The objectives of Program 11 were (1) to determine the fission yield
of the device, (2) to ascertain when possible what nuclear reactions take
place in the device, (3) to study specific aspects of the reactions by radiochemical tracers placed within the device, and (4) to determine the production of specific activities in certain areas of the devices arising from materials included in them by design necessity or by intent.
Samples of radioactive material from the cloud were obtained by manned
aircraft equipped with specially designed sampling tanks. Radiochemical analyses were made at LASL to determine the fraction of the bomb included in
the sample and the number of fission events. The fission yield was deter-~

mined from these data.

Analyses were made to determine the production of

various radioisotopes of interest from the bomb materials or from detector
samples placed in or near the device.
~The results of measurements of fission yields by various methods are
included in Table 2.1. An investigation of water samples taken from the
lagoon shortly after Walnut shot showed marked fractionation, indicating that
such samples were not an adequate replacement for aircraft sampling.
Program 12, External Neutron Measurements

Program 12 was designed to determine the configuration of the active
material of certain devices during the nuclear reactions by the Pinex technique, whereby a neutron collimating "pinhole" is placed between the device
and detector. A pinhole camera image of the device is formed on the detector, which Is a sandwich of various materials to be activated by the neutrons. The sample may be cut into segments and counted on a scintillation
counter or placed against a photographic film to produce an autoradiographic
image.

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