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371.
34.
950.

PUB. DATE (YYMMDD)
CLASSIF. LEVEL TEXT
ABSTRACT

801.

KEYWORD (S)

511200
Secret

Item 71
150.

REPORT NUMBER

70.
710.

PERSONAL AUTHOR (M)

110.

PRIMARY TITLE (M)

wr--51

Measurement of x rays. Part III. Engineering
aspects. Annex 1.8 [of] scientific director’s report of
atomic weapon tests at Eniwetok, 1951. Operation

Greenhouse

CORPORATE SOURCE

Bradner, H.

California Univ.,

Radiation Lab.

Berkeley

(USA).

Lawrence

371. PUB. DATE (YYMMDD)
510900
34. CLASSIF. LEVEL TEXT
Secret
950. ABSTRACT
The engineering details of the equipment used in
the x-ray measurements of George and Easy Bursts are
described. The details discussed are: (1) weapon
position on the tower, (2) vacuum systems, (3) primary
collimators, (4) shadow shields, (5) blockhouse, (6)
detector tanks

and radiation traps,

(7)

fluorescer foils,

(8) shovels, (9) storage condensers and flexible lines,
(10) triggers, (11) recording stations, (12) photography,
(13) electronics, and (14) cable shielding. The primary
effort of the project was the x-ray measurements of
George Burst. The secondary effort involved Easy Burst,
and the objective was to make background measurements

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