Shot SIMON : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 25 April 1953 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.

Other author United States. Defense Nuclear Agency issuing body.
Other author United States. Nuclear Test Personnel Review.
Other author JRB Associates.
Format Electronic
PublicationWashington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1982.
DistributionSpringfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service
Description1 online resource (92 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222771
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Portion of title Test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 25 April 1953
SeriesDNA ; 6016F
DNA (Washington, D.C.) ; https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021092203 ; 6016F. ^A1467495
Summary This report describes the activities performed by DoD personnel, both civilian and military, at Shot SIMON, the seventh nuclear test in the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. SIMON had an expected yield of 35 kilotons, but its actual yield was 43 kilotons. The test was conducted on 25 April 1953 and involved participants from Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, and the AEC test groups. The Tactical Troop Maneuver involved about 2,450 Army personnel. The Volunteer Observer Program had eight participants: seven from the Army and one from the Navy.
General note"United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
General note"Performing organization ... JRB Associates"--Report documentation page.
General note"13 January 1982."
General noteIn scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 67-74).
Funding informationSponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA 001-79-C-0473 Subtask U99QAXMK506-08
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from PDF cover (NTPR website, viewed Feb. 14, 2024).
Issued in other formPrint version: Shot SIMON. [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1982]
Technical rpt numberDNA 6016 F
GPO item number0306 (online)
Govt. docs number D 15.10:6016 F

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