- UNCLA>SSIHIED SE ee ~ i Ry eineia Santee theme = “ — . _* ‘ neat eee een ITE! ad Mn Seot hat heeee “2 ee ee * ee cele Ploche = No contamination . Warm Springs - 0.13 roentgen 4 . Currant - No contamination Ely ~ 0.1 roentgen U.S. Highway 93 - 1 to 1.5 roentgens | _ 3. Sevada Highway 38 - 2 to 5 roentgens - O/K, Climax, 65 ET, exploded at 1334 ft above terrain at 0415 PDT, 4 June 1953 ened a. _ . 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 b. Shot delayed because of possible rain om Salt Lake City, Utah. It was feared that *ne rain may bring dow ines als measurable amcunts of radioactivity (several xur/br) and thus precipitate an acute public relations problem. @. Verification Macxcimim dose rate was 1] or/hr at 346 hours, } . There was no extensive fall-out, as forecast. IV. | 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, UNCLvvvir el