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.