~tU se cunty CUdssinic ATION ~ = THtS PAGEL (¥en Dalia Enie REPORT DOCULE ; 1. OF REPORT NUMBER red) AG - ae OL READ INSTRUCTIONS. NTATION PAGE 2 GOVT ACCESSION NO} 3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUNBER S. ed TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER WT-934 (EX) 4. TITLE (ord Subtitte) Operation CASTLE Summary Report of the Commander, Task Unit 13 Military Effects, Programs 1-9 7. _ AUTHOR{a) WT-934 (EX) 3. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADORESS 10. PROGRAM ELEMENT, PROJECT, TASK AREA & WORK UNIT NUMBERS Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Weapons Effects Tests <Meadauart OF FICE Feld eadquarters, Field AND AOCDORESS 12. Command Armed Forces Special Weapons Project REPORT OATE 4 7 yanuary 30,1959 Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico TaD ~ @. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER(S) K. D. Coleman, Col. USAF, et al it. BEFORE COMPLETING FORM MONITORING AGENCY NAME & ADDRESS(iH different from Controlling Office) 18. SECURITY CLASS. (of thle report) Unclassified VSa, OE€CL ASSIFICATION/ DOWNGRADING SCKEOULE f DISTRIGUTION STATEMENT (of this Report) =a v6. Approved for public release; unlimited distribution. 17. OmsT RIBUTION STATEMENT. (ot the abstract entered in Block 20, I different “from Report) \a. SUPPL EMERTARY NOTES. - This report has had the classified information removed and has been republished in unclassified form for public release. This work was performed by Kaman Tempo under contract DNAQO1-79-C-0455 with the close cooperation of the Classification Management Division of the Defense Nuclear Agency. 19 »- Censary nuntertt™~—C—OSSCS KEY CORDS YORDS (Continue |om reverse side “if neccesary md identify “by block block nuntert Operation CASTLE Military Effects Shock Parameters Initial Neutron Gamma Radiation ~~ oer Multimegaton Air Blast Radiation Exposure Blast Damage ae ee ACSTAACT (Continue on reverse wide Hnecessary and Ideentify by block number) Operation Castle consisted of six nuclear detonations at the Eniwetok Proving Ground during the period 1 March to 14 May 1954. Two were surface or near-surface land shots: one on a natural island and the other on a man-made island at the end of a causeway. The other four shots were fired on barges: two anchored in reef craters from previous shots and the other two anchored in the lagoon proper. The Department of Defense (DOD) military-effect program consisted of 37 projects divided among six planned programs and one program (biomedical) added in the field; in addition, one Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL rogram | concerned with an area of military: ettect tory LAs ) program ne FORM wads (thermal radiation) (thermaa was ——_—_——d