Operation Dominic 1962

⚔ ☢ Serie på 36 til 38 amerikanske atmosfæriske   atomvåbenforsøg ved Johnston og Juleøen i Stillehavet i den første del af den kolde krig. Oplysninger om operationen er stadig skjulte som klassificeret eller maskeret information. Det var de sidste atmosfæriske atomvåbenforsøg i området.
Atomvåbenforsøgene kom efter Operation Nougat og før Operation Dominic II, 1962.
Arkiv: National Archives and Records Administration: Records of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, (Record Group 374), 1943-73.
Atomvåbenforsøgene omfattede / The nuclear weapons tests included
  1. Adobe 25. april 190 kilotons
  2. Aztec 27. april 410 kt
  3. Arkansas, 2. maj 1.09 megaton
  4. Questa 4. maj 670 kt
  5. Frigate Bird 6. maj
  6. Yukon 8. maj 100 kt
  7. Mmesilla 9 maj 100 kt
  8. Muskegon 11. maj 50 kt
  9. Swordfish 11. maj 1962
  10. Encino 12. maj 500 kt
  11. Swanee 14. maj 97 kt
  12. Chetco 19. maj 73 kt
  13. Tanana 25. maj 2.6 kt
  14. Nambe 27. maj 43 kt
  15. Bluegill 3. juni
  16. Alma 8. juni 782 kt
  17. Truckee 9. juni 210 kt
  18. Starfish Prime, 9. juni 1962 1.4 Mt
  19. Yeso 10. juni 3 megatons (Mt)
  20. Harlem 12. juni 1.2 Mt
  21. Rinconada 15. juni 800 kt
  22. Dulce 17. juni 52 kt
  23. Petit 19. juni 2.2 kt
  24. Otowi 21. juni 81.5 kt
  25. Bighorn 27. juni 7.65 Mt
  26. Bluestone 30. juni 1.27 Mt
  27. Sunset 10. juli 1 Mt
  28. Pamlico 11. juli 1962 3.88 Mt
  29. Androscoggin 2.oktober Johnston Island 75 kt
  30. Bumping 6. oktober 1962 Johnston Island 11.3 kt
  31. Chama 18. oktober Johnston Island 1.59 Mt
  32. Checkmate 20. oktober Johnston Island
  33. Bluegill Triple Prime 26. oktober - se også: Operation Fishbowl
  34. Calamity 27. oktober Johnston Island 800 kt
  35. Housatonic 30. oktober Johnston Island 8.3 Mt
  36. Kingfish 1. november Johnston Island
  37. Tightrope 4. november - se også: Operation Fishbowl
Dod: Declassification of Formerly Restricted Data, February 19, 2016.
- http://open.defense.gov/Initiatives/FRDDeclassification.aspx
The John event (nuclear weapons test) conducted on 7/19/1957 was a W25 warhead on an air-to-air Genie rocket launched from an F89J fighter aircraft.
The Frigate Bird event conducted on 5/6/1962 was a W47 warhead on a Polaris A1 missile launched from the USS Ethan Allen (SSB-608) as part of the system proof test.
The actual yield of the Argus I, Argus II, and Argus III tests that took place between July 27, 1958 and October 6, 1958 was 1.7 kt.
Se tillige: Operation Anvil ; Aqueduct ; Arbor ; Argus ; Bedrock ; Bowline ; Buster-Jangle ; Castle ; Chariot ; Charioteer ; Cornerstone ; Cresset ; Crossroads ; Crosstie ; Cue ; Dominic II ; Dugout ; Emery ; Fishbowl ; Flintlock ; Fulcrum ; Fusileer ; Greenhouse ; Grenadier ; Grommet ; Guardian ; Hardtack I ; Hardtack II ; Ivy ; Julin ; Latchkey ; Little Feller ; Mandrel ; Musketeer ; Newsreel ; Niblick ; Nougat ; Phalanx ; Plowshare ; Plumbbob ; Praetorian ; Project 56 ; Project 57 ; Project 58 ; Project 58A ; Quicksilver ; Ranger ; Redwing ; Roller Coaster ; Sandstone ; Sculpin ; Storax ; Sunbeam ; Teapot ; Tinderbox ; Toggle ; Touchstone ; Trinity ; Tumbler-Snapper ; Upshot-Knothole ; Whetstone ; Wigwam.
Miljøforurening
/ Contamination, environmental pollution
Se også: Barium ; beryllium ; cerium ; cæsium ; jod ; krypton ; lanthanum ; molybdæn ; neptunium ; niobium ; plutonium ; polonium ; radioaktivitet ; ruthenium ; strontium-90 ; tellur ; tritium ; uran ; xenon ; zirkonium.

Litteratur

DOE: Radiological Effluents Released from U.S. Continental Tests, 1961 Through 1992. / C R Schoengold, M E DeMarre, E M Kirkwood. 1996.- 304 s. - http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_317.pdf
Federal Radiation Council: Estimates and evaluation of fallout in the United States from nuclear weapons testing conducted through 1962, 1963, report no. 4 of the Federal Radiation Council. - 31 s.
Hacker, Barton C.: Elements of controversy: the Atomic Energy Commission and radiation safety in nuclear weapons testing, 1947-1974. University of California Press, 1994 - 614 pp.
Joint Task Force 8: Operation DOMINIC Nuclear Tests 1962 (1962).
http://www.archive.org/details/OperationDOMINICNuclearTests1962
Joint Task Force 8: Operation DOMINIC Nuclear Tests 1962 (1962).
http://www.archive.org/details/OperationDOMINICNuclearTests1962
Operation Dominic I. 1962. United States Atmospheric. Nuclear Weapons Tests. Nuclear Test Personnel Review. Prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency for the Department of Defense. 1983. - 440 s.
- http://www.dtra.mil/documents/ntpr/historical/T24298.pdf
United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992.
U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office, DOE/NV--209-REV 15, December 2000.

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