The command briefing held at 0030 on 14 May confirmed the decisfion to
shoot.
Figure 91 shows the forecast fallout pattern presented at the
briefing.
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CASTLE, NECTAR predicted fallout pattern based on the petined
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DOD Activities
The DOD-sponsored experiments for NECTAR included 25 projects inj TU 13
of TG 7.1.
TU 13 projects were:
Program 1, Blast and Shock; Projects l.la, 1.1b, l.lc,
l.ld, 1.2a, 1.2b, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8
Program 2, Nuclear Radiation and Fallout; Projects
2.1, 2.2, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6a, 2.6b, 2.7
Program 6, System Effects; Projects 6.1, 6.2a, 6.2b,
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