OPERATION SANDSTONE -
TATE:
TIME:
PPG Time
15 Apr 1948
O617
X-Ray
Sponsor:
GMT
14 Apr 1948
1817
SITE:
LASL
PPG - Eniwetok - Janet
11° ho’)
ON
162° 14!
37"
Site elevation:
TOTAL YIELD:
37 kt
HEIGHT OF BURST:
&E
Sea level
200 ft
TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT:
Tower burst over coral soil
FIREBALL DATA:
Time to lst minimum:
NM
Time to 2nd maximum:
NM
Radius at 2nd maximum:
NM
CRATER DATA:.
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT:
56,000 ft MSL
CLOUD BOTTOM HEIGHT:
25,000 rt MSL
Not available
REMARKS:
No fallout pattern available.
Ground Zero and showed a decay
Radioactive samples were taken from
Also much
activity due to Na®* was observed.
Cloud reached the tropopause
in 12 minutes.
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