Atomic Veterans Photo Album

Operation Plumbbob, 1957

Atomic Duty Atomic Duty
The video explains that if foot soldiers traversed the ground zero area of a 10 kt high neutron flux weapon detonated at 500 ft, they would absorb 200 rads at H+1 hr.
If the crossing were delayed to H+10 hrs this dose would be reduced to 40 rads"
The aluminum barrels contain pigs
removing pigs after Franklin Shot
Aluminum pig pens with the Franklin shot tower in background.
Franklin's low yield caused the experiment to be redone on the Wilson Shot.

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