Shot BEE : a test of the TEAPOT series, 22 March 1955 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.

Other author United States. Defense Nuclear Agency.
Format Book
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1981]
Description84 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects
Nuclear weapons--Testing.
Atomic bomb--Nevada. --Testing.
Operation Teapot, Nevada, 1955.
Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)

Contents Preface. pp. 1.
Contents List of illustrations. pp. 6.
Contents List of tables. pp. 6.
Contents List of abbreviations and acronyms. pp. 7.
Contents Shot BEE synopsis. pp. 8.
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction to Shot BEE. pp. 10.
Contents Chapter 2. Exercise Desert Rock VI operations at Shot BEE. pp. 18.
Contents Chapter 3. Joint test organization operations at Shot BEE. pp. 33.
Contents Chapter 4. Radiation protection at Shot Bee. pp. 51.
Contents References. pp. 59.
Summary This report describes the activities of more than 3,000 personnel, both military and civilian, in Shot BEE, the sixth nuclear test in the TEAPOT atmospheric weapons testing series. The test was conducted on 22 March 1955 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock VI, AFSWP, AFSWC, and the AEC Test Groups. The Marine Brigade Exercise troop test involved 2,271 Marines and was the largest single project conducted during Operation TEAPOT.
General noteCover title.
General note"United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
General note"DNA 6011F."
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 61-65.
Technical rpt numberDNA 6011 F
GPO item number306
Govt. docs number D 15.10:6011 F

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