OPERATION HARDTACK I -

DATE:

TIME:

PPG Time

Olive
GMT

23 July 1998

Sponsor:

22 July 1956

0830

2030

SITE:

UCRL

PPG - Eniwetok - SW of
Janet, 4,000 ft from
the nearest edge of

island (Sta. 1312)
11° 39' 48" N
162° 13' 48" &£
Site elevation:

HEIGHT OF BURST:
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT:

50,000 ft MSL

CLOUD BOTTOM HEIGHT:

Sea

level

6.0 ft

TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT:

16,000 ft MSL

Surface burst
on water

from barge

REMARKS:

Only individual dose rates are available.
These were obtained
from Radiological Safety orgnization nelicopter 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 could be obtained, or to make a slow pass over the desired
spot at an elevation of 25 reet.
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 t-!*® decay approximation was used to

extrapolate the H+ hour dose-rate readings to H+l hour.

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