OPERATION CASTLN -
DATs:
TIM:
PPG time
ao Apr 195)
0605
Union
GMT
Sponsor:
25 Apr 195)
1805
SITE:
LASL
PPG - Bikini - near Dog &
Fox
11° 39'
TOTAL YIELD: 6.9 Mt
59"
165° 23'
44"
Site elevation:
HEIGHT OF BURST:
Water depth:
N
E
Sea
Jevel
7 ft
160 ft
94,000 ft
CLOUD TOP HGEIGHP:
51,500
CLOUD BOTTOM HsIGht:
MSL
ft MST,
REMAPKS:
The on-cite fallout pattern was drawn from land survey readings made
by technical project personnel and by the Radiological Safety organization,
Plus conversion of the activity to dose-rate readings of samples from
fallout collcetors.
The shot
loration and the winds
localized the
radiation levels of military significance to the northeastern portion
of the atoll.
Tne dosv-rate reudings were cxtrapolated to H+l hour
by using actual field-decay rates.
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