Project 6.6 -=- Effects of Nuclear Detonation on the Ionosphere
Agencies:
Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories (SCEL)
9471st TSU
Operations:
Island)
Ionospheric recorders were set up at Enewetak
(Parry
and Rongerik atolls in the Marshalls and at distant locations.
Following the fallout from BRAVO, operations at Rongerik were curtailed: recorders were started before each shot and left to operate
unattended.
Shots:
All.
Radiation Exposure Potential:
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Although the potential for exposure ap-
peared quite low, owing to the remoteness of the stations, the actual
exposure turned out to be high at Rongerik because of BRAVO.
Staffing:
Five people were definitely associated with this project,
one civilian and four military.
Three of the military were the en-
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listed personnel of the 947lst TSU who were on Rongerik and were exposed to the BRAVO fallout.
They were assigned an exposure of 98 R in
Reference 13 based upon a badge on a tent pole in their work area, but
based on later research the exposures were reduced to 78 R (Reference
68).
Project Report:
Reference 74.
Burst Detection Studies Program (Program 7)
This program conducted a variety of experiments in nuclear explosion
electromagnetic pulse generation, airborne low-frequency sound, and collection of nuclear weapon debris.
Project 7.1 -- Electromagnetic Radiation Calibration
Agencies:
National Bureau of Standards
(NBS)
Naval Electronics Laboratory (NEL)
Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories
1009th USAF Special Weapons Squadron
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(SCEL)