Descriptors: CESIUM 137; CLOUDS; FISSION PRODUCTS; GASES; SAMPLING;
STRONTIUM 30
Broader Terms: ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY
RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CLOUDS;
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EXPLOSIONS; FLUIDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI;
ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI;
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING
RADIOISOTOPES

Subject Categories:
Weaponry

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10/5/529
(Item 229 from file: 103)
01877556
EBRA-12-005098; EDB-87-005189
Title: Operation Sandstone. Scientific meteorological information
Corporate Source:

Publication Date:
Report Number(s):

Joint Task Force Seven,

1948

p 316

Washington,

DC

(USA)

AD-A-995340/7/XAB

Document Type: Report
Language: English

Journal Announ@ement: EDB8611
Availability: NTIS, PC Al4/MF AOl.

Subfile:
ERA (Energy Research Abstracts).
Country of Origin: United States

GRA

(NTIS NTS)

Country of Publication: United States

Abstract: This report is concerned primarily with the data collected on the
visible atomic clouds. The meteorological observations are those for
the test days only. The amounts of energy released by the bombs are
considered only insofar as they affect the atomic cloud formations. The
phenomena described are those that could be seen or photographed. The
XRAY Day weapon appeared to release somewhat more energy than did the
air burst at Bikini; the YOKE Day weapon was somewhat more violent than
that of XRAY Day; and the ZEBRA Day weapon was perhaps less violent
than the ABLE Day bomb. The ZEBRA Day cloud attained a much lower
altitude than either the XRAY or the YOKE Day clouds.
Major Descriptors: *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS ~-- RADIOACTIVE CLOUDS;
PROJECT
Descriptors: ALTITUDE; METEOROLOGY; YIELDS
Broader Terms: CLOUDS; EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS

Subject Categories:
Weaponry

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10/5/530
(Item 230 from file: 103)
01877548
BRA-12-005090; EDB-87-005181
Title: Operation Sandstone. Nuclear explosions. 1948. Appendix C to report
Number 10. Special vehicles for Operation Sandstone
Corporate Source:
USAEC, Washington, DC
Publication Date: 1948
p 44

Report Number(s):

AD-A-995325/8/XAB

Document Type: Report
Language: English
Journal Announcement: EDB8611

Availability: NTIS, PC A03/MF AOl.

Subfile:
BRA (Energy Research Abstracts).
GRA (NTIS NTS)
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
,
Abstract: Two tanks (type M-5) were modified and provided with radio
control equipment so that these tanks could be directed by remote
control to a designated spot and a sample of earth procured in a scoop
mounted on the front of the vehicle. Control transmitters were provided
so that the vehicles could be operated from a distance, either from a
Stationary; platform or from a helicopter in flight. The special tanks
performed satisfactorily and accomplished the mission for which they
were designed. However, the operation demonstrated that changes in the
design of the vehicles are desirable. For any future operation under
Similar conditions, a lighter, wide-track vehicle, is recommended.

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