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‘is Berkeley's first thormonuclear test.

‘Yield is

ted

nis mii also be @ surface shot, in thiscase on land(Eninsen)

so that there will be an appreciable amowmt of dirt eroimd it, as opposed to
Swot \ which will be surrounded either by reef or water,

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Ssroy 4,

acain on the rround, yield!

i i itt is presently proposea tobé shot on a barre in the laroon, 2500 yas

offishore from the Yurochi - Aomoen chain in Bizini Atoll,

There is a possi-g

billvty that the Upshot series will indicate certain precise photographic

measurements are necessary on this model which will require that it be in
a fixed) pasition.

In this case, one “ould swine it aroumd and anchor the

barze on;one of the islands in this chain, cpproximetely the same distance

from the: gamma.and photo stations.

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The proposal at the \moment tofire

on barges in

the same general position as-—\
about 3 or 34 miles offshore,
using the same photo statio or) for that shot. If
are fired, one
of them would take the race
fin the schedule.

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(Incidentally, the water in the

Yicini

of the barge shots is about

.

C.

C

1rnde patna
eueuinnireran

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30 fathoms deep.)

PROPOSED LASL AND UCRL EXPERIMENTAL PRocraus

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As the croup probably imows, there has been a rdesqnable amount of

confusion as to what happened on “ike Shot.

Up wmtil a few;weeks ago there

were two values for the yield which were contradictory and ppunectet ty different, yet no one could find anything seriously «rong with eit eo90 of then.
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