CHAPTER Il, SECTION 3
STATION:

2230.01 and .02

SITE:

Tare

USER:

UCRL

PURPOSE:

Doghouse Detector

PARTICIPATION: 11, 12, and 13
DESIGN PSI:

350 psi

CONSTRUCTION: 2-6-58/6-7-58
Station 2230.01 was a reinforced concrete

bunker 14x20x15 feet high. The walls were

structure was in an earth fill which necessitated
an extension to the earth shielded 24-inch pipe.
This extension consisted of a 10-foot-long, 42inch-diameter corrugated metal pipe which terminated just outside the fill and afforded access to the 24-inch pipe. A concrete slab supported the 24-inch pipe. Within the building a
User-furnished lead structure was placed to house
a detector. About 10 feet of additional lead wall
was procured to increase the shielding of one
wall.

Both stations were provided with woodframed, canvas-covered weather shields over the

4%, feet thick, and the floor slab was 4 feet
thick. Entry into the station was through the

roof entry.

thick removable slabs that covered the entire

STATION:

2240

roof which consisted of three layers of 2-foot-

station. A 10-inch pipe sleeve through the forward wall led to a User-furnished lead tube 50
feet long. The tube was supported on a con-

SITE:

Sugar

USER:

UCRL

building was level with the top of an earth-fill

PURPOSE:

Radio Detector Station

crete slab 4 feet wide and 48 feet long. The
at Elevation +17. Within the building a Userfurnished lead shielding structure was placed
to house a detector.

PARTICIPATION: 3 through 9
DESIGN PSI:

None

CONSTRUCTION: 3-3-58/4-19-58
A steel platform and a copper disc were
placed over a concrete slab. The slab was 15
feet square with a 2-foot-cube concrete pit in
the center covered over with a steel plate. The
platform was 3% feet square, 5 feet high, and
was constructed of steel angle. A 614-foot-dia-

meter copper sheet over plywood was placed on
the frame, and copper wires were fastened every

15° around the circumference of the sheet. The
wires extended radially down to grade and were
fastened to a screw anchor.

STATION:

2250

SITE:

Sugar

USER:

UCRL

PURPOSE:

Diagnostic Tower

PARTICIPATION: All Bikini Events
(Neg. No. W-V-235-9)

Figure No. 2-59.

Station 2230.01 —

90% Complete.

Station 2230.02 consisted of a reinforced

DESIGN PSI:

4.5 psi

CONSTRUCTION:

1-29-58/4-26-58

A 150-foot-high, top-guyed steel tower with
cab was located on top of Station 2200, Room

D. The tower was constructed with the bottom
four 25-foot bays and the top two 25-foot bays of

concrete bunker, 1514x2x21x1414 feet high. The

a standard 300-foot shot tower. The cab on top

of 2-foot-thick removable slabs that covered the
entire station. A 24-inch pipe sleeve was set in
the forward wall on a 12° slope. The pipe was
10 feet long and terminated on the outside with

A fourth platform was designed but was subsequently cancelled. The cancelled platform (No.

walls were 544 feet thick, and the floor slab
was 4 feet thick. Entry into the station was
through the roof which consisted of three layers

a hinged, domed aluminum blast cover. The

of the tower was a standard shot-tower cab,
but the doors and siding were omitted. Three
platforms and the cab were located on the tower.
6) was to have been located at the 3714-foot
level of the tower and was to have contained
the 20-foot-square tower cross section plus a

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