Operation Ivy
1952
Atomic Veterans History Project
Declassified Documents
Excerpt from: Radioactive Fall-Out From Atomic Bombs by Lt. Col N. Lulejias.
B. Entrapment of Fission Products by Soil Debris and Water from Megaton Bombs in the Pacific.
It is assumed that approximately 1,000,000 tons of soil were coated with fission products and sucked into the stem and mushroom of the Ivy (R) MIKE cloud. If the ratio of inactive soil to active soil is 100 to 1 then approximately one hundred million tons of soil debris and water were thrown up during this shot.
Welcome Aboard the USS ESTES
1952
Courtesy of Oliver W. Vaughan
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Air Task Group Participation in Mike Shot
1 November 1952
Joint Task Force 132, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Fixed Weather Support for Mike Day
Prepared 7 November 1952
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Operation Ivy
