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)

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