Contents: Joint Test Organization On-Site RadSafe Group; Dosimetry Data and the Dosimetry and Records Section; Survey Data and the Plotting and Briefing Section; Monitoring Section; Ligistics; Vehicle and Equipment Decontamination Section.
Three underground corrugated-steel arch structures covered with 5 feet of earth were subjected to peak overpressures of 60 and 100 psi during Shot Priscilla at the Nevada Test Site. Essentially, it was desired to assure that Department of Defense Class II (50-psi overpressure and comparable radiations) protection is afforded by two types of 25-foot diameter, 180-degree corrugated- metal arches. Free-field overpressure was measured at the ground surface above the structures, ...