Froject 2.€1 - Rocket Determination of the Activity Distribution
Within the Stabilized Cloud = B. Soule

OBJECTIVES

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Reekets were fired into olla0) cloud in order to

develop the capability of measuring and to explore the spatial distritution of gamma activity within the stem and cloud produced by the
detonation of nuclear weapons of megaton yield.

It was desired to

make measurements ofactivity distritution in clouds resulting from
an air detonation, a lani

tonation,

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eye detonation and a water surface de-

Besides one AE 0320), theyatcr surface detonaticn,

the project has participated in the

(CHFROKEF) ani the

(ZUNT),

A six inch tiameter ground launched rocket capable of attaining
139,0% feet altitude, bearing 2 radiation detector and telemetering ~
equipment was usei te obtain information on the radiation field in the
cloud ani stem,

Twelve of these units were fired, six at the stem at

H ¢ 7 minutes and six at the cloud at H #4 15 minutes.

Radiation in-

tensity infcrmation (in the ferm of F.M, pulses) was telemetered to

two receiving stations where the information was recorded on magnetic
tape.
RESUITS
All reckets fired and good signal strength was arparently received
on ten of the twelve channels,

The radiation fields that were measured

were lower than those previously encountered.

Data on channels corre-

sponding to rockets shot at the stem indicate that at least one rocket

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