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ERA-12-001431; EDB-86-185517

Gibson,

Wyckoff,

H.O.

H.F.;

Miller,

W.;

Motz,

J.W.;

Smeltzer,

J.C.;

Title: Operation Greenhouse. Scientific Director’s report of atomic weapon
tests at Eniwetok, 1951. Annex 1.2, delayed gamma-ray measurements.
Part 1. Gamma-ray spectrum measurements (abridged)
Corporate Source:
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (USA).
Radiation Physics Div.
Publication Date: 1 Sep 1985
Pp 91
Report Number(s):
AD-A-995298/7/XAB
Note: Extracted version of report dated Apr 52
Document Type: Report
Language: English
Journal Announcement: EDB8610
Availability: NTIS, PC AO5/MF AOQl.
Subfile:

BRA

(Energy Research Abstracts).

GRA

(NTIS NTS)

Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: The measurement of bomb efficiencies from the number of gamma
rays requires fundamentally two separate experiments. The average
number of gamma rays emitted from the fission fragments (delayed gamma
rays)

per fission must be determined.

This experiment can be carried

out in the laboratory, a second experiment, the absolute determination
of the number of gamma rays from the bomb are also attempted. Because
gamma rays are not directiy observable but are measured only through
their secondary effects, and because the probability of occurrence of
the secondary effects depends upon the gamma ray energy, it is not
usually possible to count directly the number of gamma rays in a
heterochromatic spectrum. A spectral distribution must be first
obtained from which the actual total number of gamma rays may be
computed. This volume discusses the planning for the experiment and the
spectral distribution of collimated gamma rays determined from the
Greenhouse tests on two shots. A discussion of measurement of build-up
factor which is needed to estimate the effect of collimation is also
given.
Major Descriptors: *GREENHOUSE PROJECT; *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS ~- GAMMA
SPECTRA

Descriptors:

FISSION PRODUCTS;

GAMMA SPECTROMETERS

Broader Terms: EXPLOSIONS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SPECTRA; SPECTROMETERS

Subject Categories:
Weaponry

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Author(s):

103)

EFRA-12-001430; EDB-86-185516

Waters,

A.J.;

Clapp,

R.E.

Title: Operation Redwing-Project 6.4. Airborne antennas and phototubes for
determination of nuclear-weapon yield. Report for May-July 1956
Corporate Source:
Advance Industries, Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)
Publication Date: 1 Apr 1985
p 145
Report Number(s):
AD-A-995297/9/XAB
Document

Type:

Report

Language: English
Journal Announcement: EDB8610

Availability: NTIS, PC AO7/MF AOl.

Subfile:
ERA (Energy Research Abstracts).
GRA (NTIS NTS)
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: Airborne equipment was designed for determining the location and
yield of ai nuclear detonation. This equipment determines yield from a

measurement of the interval between the time of the burst and the time

of the second peak in the thermal-radiation intensity curve.
lush~mounted ferrite-core magnetic loop antennas for use in detecting

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