OPERATION REDWING -

TATE:
VUME:

PPG time
6 June 1956
1255

- Seminoie
GMT
6 June 1956
0055

Sponsor:
SITE:

JiASb

PPG - Eniwetok - Irene

12° hot)
162° 13'

635"
Oe"

HEIGHT OF BURST:

oN
E

4.5 ft

TYPE OF BURS? AND PLACEMENT:
Surface burst in water tank

over coral soil
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT:
16,000 ft MSL
CLOUD BOTTOM HSIGHT:
9,000 ft MSL

REMARKS:
Only island dose-rate readings are available.
These were obtained
from aerial and ground surveys made by the Radiolcgical Safety
organization.
The t-l'2 decay approximation was used 10 extrapolate
the dose-rate readings to H+] hour.

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