Operation SANDSTONE, 1948
By: prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense
Series: United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons tests / Nuclear Test Personnel Review
Publisher: Defense Nuclear Agency; For sale by the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Washington, DC; Springfield, Va.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Operation Sandstone, Marshall Islands, 1948; Nuclear weapons; Testing; Atomic bomb; Radioactive fallout
Description: SANDSTONE was a three-detonation atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted during the spring of 1948 at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Report emphasis is on the radiological safety of the personnel. Available records on personnel exposure are summarized.
Notes: Cover title.

"Kaman Tempo"--Report documentation page.

"United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."

"DNA 6033F."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via Internet from DTRA web site. Address as of 11/12/04: http://www.dtra.mil/toolbox/directorates/td/programs/nuclear%5Fpersonnel/docs/T24639.PDF; current access available via PURL.

DNA 001-79-C-0274. Subtask U99QAXMK506-09.
Table of contents: title: Fact sheet. pp. 1.; title: Preface. pp. 5.; title: List of illustrations. pp. 13.; title: List of tables. pp. 16.; title: Chapter 1. Overview: Introduction; Nuclear tests and radiation exposures; Experimental program; Oceanic Testing Operations; Joint Task Force 7. pp. 17.; title: Chapter 2. Radiological safety. pp. 48.; title: Chapter 3. Department of Defense experimental program. pp. 89.; title: Chapter 4. Test operations. pp. 102.; title: Chapter 5. U.S. Army participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 118.; title: Chapter 6. U.S. Navy participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 125.; title: Chapter 7. U.S. Air Force participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 151.; title: Chapter 8. U.S. Marine Corps participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 157.; title: Chapter 9. Joint Defense, Atomic Energy Commission, other government agencies, and contractor participation in Operation SANDSTONE. pp. 160.; title: Chapter 10. Summary of personnel exposures. pp. 165.; title: References. pp. 167.; title: Appendix A. Radiological status report of Enewetak Atoll. pp. 179.; title: Appendix B. Glossary of terms. pp. 185.; title: Appendix C. Enewetak Atoll synonyms. pp. 197.