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Warm Springs - 0.13 roentgen
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Currant - No contamination
Ely ~ 0.1 roentgen
U.S. Highway 93 - 1 to 1.5 roentgens
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Sevada Highway 38 - 2 to 5 roentgens
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O/K, Climax, 65 ET, exploded at 1334 ft above terrain at
0415 PDT, 4 June 1953
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Forecast
Shoot this bomb at anytime regardlass of the winds.
The
contamination on the ground would not exceed 15 mr/hr
at any point. Since the fireball will not touch the
ground, no contamination is forecast
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Shot delayed because of possible rain om Salt Lake City,
Utah.
It was feared that *ne rain may bring dow
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measurable amcunts of radioactivity (several xur/br)
and thus precipitate an acute public relations problem.
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Verification
Macxcimim dose rate was 1] or/hr at 346 hours,
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There
was no extensive fall-out, as forecast.
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FORECASTS OF RADIOACTIVE FALL-OUT LOUWNWIND FROM MECATON YIELD BOMBS
A. Forecast of IVY (R) MIZE Fall-out
Practically no information exists of the actual Paliceut dewnwind in the Pacific Test Site. since it is difficult and very expensive
to determine the fall-out pattern over abody of—water utilizing buoys,
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