The command briefing held at 0030 on 14 May confirmed the decision to
shoot.
Figure 91 shows the forecast fallout pattern presented at the
briefing.
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CASTLE, NECTAR predicted fallout pattern based on the method
of elliptical approximations; the contours enclose the 100-,
50-, and 10-R infinite dose areas (source: Reference 16).
DOD Activities
The DOD~sponsored experiments for NECTAR included 25 projects in TU 13
of T6 7.1.
TU 13 projects were:
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Program 1, Blast and Shock; Projects l.la, 1.1b, l.le,
l.ld, 1l.2a, 1.26, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8
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Program 2, Nuclear Radiation and Fallout; Projects
2.1, 2.2, 2.5a, 2.56, 2.6a, 2.6b, 2.7
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Program 6, System Effects; Projects 6.1, 6.2a, 6.2b,
6.6
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