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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
~I
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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