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Upshot-Knothole Harry

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178: 275:. Fallout from the test fell on 3046 counties of the United States. Due to a miscalculation and change in wind-direction, this Upshot–Knothole test released an unusually large amount of fallout (the highest of any test in the continental U.S.), much of which later accumulated in the vicinity of St. George, Utah. Because of this, the shot would become known as "Dirty Harry" in the press when details were released publicly. It would be among the most controversial of the U.S. 29: 168:
design with a yield below 100 kt ever tested. The design utilized a new hollow core concept. The concept was termed as "radical implosion system" aiming towards reducing the amount of fissionable materials present in the weapon's core while generating moderately high yield.
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In measurement of cumulative exposures rates of populations within a 300-mile radius of the test site, of the period 1951 to 1959, the Upshot–Knothole tests was found to have produced 50% (
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and levels of radionuclides. Within the report by Hicks he was required to omit data of U-233, U-235, U-238 & Pu-239, and Pu-240 in order to make the report unclassified.
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published and written by the (United States of America) National Association of Atomic Veterans, Inc. (ed. R.J.Ritter) Retrieved 2015-11-28 (c.f.
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Rice, James. 2023. "Atmospheric Atomic Testing in Nevada, Shot Harry, and the Agency of Nature." Western Historical Quarterly, 54(3): 222-238,
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at the Los Alamos National Laboratory of the United States of America, and is distinguished from all others because it was the most efficient
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published by U.S.A. Department of State, U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual 12 Diplomatic Security. Retrieved 2015-11-29
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Shots ENCORE to CLIMAX: the final four tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 8 May - 4 June 1953
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Of the 11 Upshot–Knothole tests, the so-called Harry test deposited the 3rd highest amount of
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near St. George. The cast and crew totaled 220 people. By the end of 1980, as ascertained by
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (& United States military).
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National Laboratory of the United States of America located at Los Alamos
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figure) of exposure rate within the population. Of the 50%, 75% (
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A picture taken about a hundredth of a second after ignition.
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The device was detonated in Area 3 of the test site.
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Index


Operation Upshot–Knothole
Nevada Test Site
Atmospheric (tower)
kt
Upshot-Knothole Encore
Upshot-Knothole Grable
nuclear weapons test
Operation Upshot–Knothole
Yucca Flat
Nevada Test Site
National Laboratory of the United States of America located at Los Alamos
Ted Taylor
pure fission

Caesium-137
Niobium-95
Strontium-90
Zirconium-95
Niobium-95m
Praseodymium-144
Uranium-240
Ruthenium-106
Iodine-131
Tellurium-127m
Cobalt-60
Europium-155
Strontium-89
Yttrium-90
Beryllium-7

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