- Author
- Corsbie, R. L.
- Title
- Operation PLUMBBOB, Civil Effects Test Group, Project Summaries.
- Coporate
- Atomic Energy Commission, Washington,DC
- Report
- Project Summaries, May 29, 1957, 79 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- nuclear warfare | nuclear weapons | tests | shelters (fallout) | blast resistant structures | blasts | blast effects
- Identifiers
- shelters for civil populations; structures, equipment, devices and components; radiological countermeasures; physical response to blast loadings; radiological defense technologies; radiological defense operations; radio-ecological aspects of nuclear fallout; effects if raduiactuve fakkiyt ib fiidstyffs; instrumentation and dosimetry
- Abstract
- The projects in the Civil Effects Test Group for Operation Plumbbob originate primarily in the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Civil Defense Administration. Project participation also includes other government agencies, private industrial groups, and two foreign nations. The content of the Civil effects Tests in Operation Plumbbob has been governed by (1) work begun on previous operations, (2) advances in weaponry, (3) the increased use of nuclear energy, and (4) the establishment of a long-range program of objectives. All projects have been screened and endorsed by the appropriate Structural and/or Biomedical Test Screening Committees, coordinated with the Department of Defense Military effects Tests, and reviewed by the Test Director for feasibility of execution and noninterference with the weapons-development program. The scientific and technical programs comprise many kinds of studies and investigations relating to continuing efforts to establish reliable criteria essential to improving the probability of survival and continuity of production in wartime and to safeguarding our health in peace-time applications of atomic energy. The investigations can be divided into six categories: (1) fallout radiation, (2) prompt-gamma and prompt-neutron radiation, (3) blast effects on structures, (4) blast biology, (5) radiological countermeasures and training, and (6) instrumentation and support.