OPERATION HARDTACK I -

TATE:

TIME:

PPG Time

Walnut
CMT

Sponsor:

15 Jun 1958 1h Jun 1958

0630

1830

SITE:

LASL

PPG - Eniwetok - 5,000 ft
OW of Janet

11° 39'

162° 13’

37"

31"

Site elevation:

HEIGHT OF BURST:

N

&

Sea level

7.21 ft

TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT:
Surface burst from barge

CLOUD TOP HEIGHT:
61,000 #t MSL
CLOUD BOTTOM HEIGHT:
NM

on water

REMARKS:
Only individual island dose rates are available.

These were obtained

from Radiological Safety organization helicopter surveys at H+4 hours.
The helicopter survey technique called for the pilot either to land
the aircraft at the desired spot, so that a ground reading cc:ld be

obtained, or to make a slow pass over the desired spot at an elevation

of 25 feet.
Readings taken at 25 feet were multiplied by a factor of
2 in order to obtain a reasonable approximation of the true ground
reading.
The basic instrument used in the aerial surveys was the
AN/PDR-39 survey meter modified to read up to 500 r/hr.
The t7°*
decay approximation was used to extrapolate the H+4 hour dose-rate

readings to H+l hour.

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