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Projects GNOME and SEDAN: the PLOWSHARE program

prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense
Resource Type:
E-Book
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Defense Nuclear Agency, 1983
Distribution:
Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service
Related Series:
DNA (Washington, D.C.); 6029F
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Summary:
Abstract: This report describes the activities of DoD personnel and other participants in Projects GNOME and SEDAN, the first two nuclear tests of the PLOWSHARE Program. The PLOWSHARE nuclear tests were conducted from 1961 to 1973 at the NTS and other locations. Activities engaging DoD personnel at GNOME and SEDAN included scientific experiments to improve U.S. capabilities in detecting underground nuclear explosions and to determine the peacetime uses of nuclear explosives.
Contributors:
United States Defense Nuclear Agency , issuing body, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
United States Nuclear Test Personnel Review
JRB Associates
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Other Related Resources:
Print version: Projects GNOME and SEDAN ([Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, VA] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1983] — OCLC Number 9495005)
Related Series:
DNA (Washington, D.C.); 6029F
Subjects:
Project Plowshare (U.S.)
Nuclear weapons — Testing
Atomic bomb — Southwestern States — Testing
Radioactive fallout — Southwestern States
Underground nuclear explosions
Project Gnome
Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
Atomic bomb — Testing
Radioactive fallout
United States — Southwestern States
Nuclear weapons
Atomic bomb
Nevada — Nevada National Security Site
Nevada
General Notes:
"United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
"Performing organization ... JRB Associates"--Report documentation page.
"18 March 1983."
In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-112).
Sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA 001-79-C-0473 Subtask U99QAXMK506-08
Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (NTPR website, viewed Feb. 15, 2024).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Digital Characteristics:
text file
Call Numbers:
D 15.10:6029 F
SuDocs Numbers:
D 15.10:6029 F
Other Standard Numbers:
Government Printing Office Item Number: 0306 (online)
Report Number: DNA 6029 F
OCLC Numbers:
784660629