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RESULTS
Project 2.9 participated in Shots Quince and Fig, which were surface detonations of fractionalkiloton nuclear devices on Site Yvonne at EPG. Project 2.12b participated in Shots Hamilton and
Humboldt, which were tower detonations of similar devices at the Nevada TestSite.
Shot Quince.
Shot Hamilton. Participation was successful in Shot Hamilton, a 1.17-ton shot on a 50-foot
wooden tower. All Emmett devices functioned properly and all film-badge stations were recovered.
Film calibration, station recovery, field surveying, and film processing proceeded according to plan. The same calibration source used for Shot Fig was available for this event. How-
ever, an accident during film development resulted in the loss of data from the project filmbadge stake station and Emmett devices. A defective safe light in the dark room fogged the
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