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Project 2.66 = Marly Clou! Penetration - “ol *. &. Pinson
To collect and ewaluatc data relating to radfation dose rate vs
time in radioactive clouis from thermonuclear veapons.
To measure and evalus'c the ra'jx‘ton hazards associated with the
residual contamination on adrereft whick have flown through thermo.
clear
clowds at early times after tetonation,
To measure the turbulence in 1 t>-oronuclear clout at early tims
after detonation.
Radiation dose rate inside the cloud we time after detonation.
The extent ani quality of the residusl contamination on “he aireraft after landing.
INSTRIMENTATION OF ~“CHYTQUTS
Instrumentation was the same as for the
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ne0, penetrations wevr made at H 4 52, 68, and 78 minutes
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at ‘altitudes varying from 39,0C feet to 46,90 feet.
These penetrations
were all "Nip" penetrations in which tne pilot flies into the elowd,
makes a 190 degree turn an! lias out of the cloul.
The time fr tha
ratioactive cloud vwarief from 2 to 4 minutes.
ROSULTS
The jose rates in the cloud ani the total tose received on the
mission vere as preiicte? or below,
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The average dose rates in the cloud for ae. 3°, 32, and
37 rfhr respectively,
The total joens receive! by tne pilots
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