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Project 34.8.

The objectives of Project 34.8 were:
1. Make the necessary measurements on QUINCE event to
deleniate the fallout gamma radiation yleld produced by a

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Using data collect by this project and by Projects 34.9

and 34.10 construct a fallout model for use with any wind
pattern, and evaluate extremes in militarily significant

interesities for the same yield range.
3.

Define the attendant plutonium contamination problem.

The site for QUINCE event was Runit (Yvonne) Island of
Eniwetok Atoll. Only about 400 feet of land in the prevailing downwind direction was available for radiation

monitoring, necessitating placement of bulk of the instrumentation in the lagoon. There were 92 lagoon stations,

46 land stations, and 8 reef stations. The bulk of fallout instrumentation consisted of sticky pan fallout coll-

ectors.
Sticky pan collectors were mounted on small buoys
in the lagaqon and on steel pipes in the reef area.
After
exposure, pans were counted in a fixed geometry.
Lagoon
and reef pan readings were calibrated in terms of full yield
intensities by dose rate measurements over the available
land and old flat-topped barges which were anchored in the
lagoon.
Dose rate readings on land and on the barges were
made by hand-monitoring and by automatically recording
instruments.

2.4.2.9

Project 34.9.

Project 34.9 was responsible for photographing the cloud
produced by the QUINCE event.

The amin objective was to deter-

mine the cloud dimensions as a function time.

These measurements

were necessary to assist Project 34.8 in constructing a fallout

model,

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2.4.2.10

Project 34.10.

One of the objectives of Project 34.10 was to measure the
pre-shot wind conditions over expected cloud heights for the shot
" time decision to assure that expected fallout would be adequately
sampled by the instrument temporarily of Project 34.8.

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