STEATE TSSITY €TENESHS HEEITIL OSYRSSPP SST TEEROME TA EOE tos
OPERATION REDWING:
DATE:
TIME:
PPG time
- Yuma
GMT
Sponsor:
May 1956
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1956
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SITE:
UCRL
PPG - Eniwetok - Sally
11° 30'
162° 18!
33" N
55"
Site elevation:
Sea Level
HEIGHT OF BURST: - 205 ft
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT:
8,000 ft MSL
CLOUD BOTTOM HEIGHT:
1,000 ft 145
TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT:
Tower burst over coral soil
REMARKS:
Only island dose rate readings are available.
Thece were talen
from the aerial and ground surveys made by the Radiological Safety
organization.
The t71** decay approximtion was used to extrapolate
the dose rate readings to H+l hour.
Significant amounts of alpha
(plutonium)
contamination were found on the shot island.
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