The following abbreviations and acronyms are used in this volume:
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
DOD Department of Defense
LASL Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
MAUD [Committee for the] Military Application of Uranium Detonation
MED Manhattan Engineer District
R/h roentgens per hour
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE
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1. REPORT NUMBER: DNA 6028F
2. GOVT ACCESSION NO.:
3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER:
4. TITLE (and Subtitle): PROJECT TRINITY 1945-1946
5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED: Final Report
6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER: JRB 2-816-03-423-00
7. AUTHOR(S): Carl Maag, Steve Rorer
8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER(S): DNA 001-79-C-0473
9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS:
JRB Associates
8400 Westpark Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102
10. PROGRAM ELEMENT. PROJECT, TASK AREA & WORK UNIT NUMBERS:
Subtask U99QAXMK506-08
11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS:
Director
Defense Nuclear Agency
Washington, D.C. 20305
12. REPORT DATE: 15 December 1982
13. NUMBER OF PAGES: 76
14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME & ADDRESS(if different from Controlling
Office):
15. SECURITY CLASS. (of this report): UNCLASSIFIED
15a. DECLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE: N/A Since UNCLASSIFIED
16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of this Report): Approved for public
release; distribution unlimited.
17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of the abstract entered In Block 20, If
different from Report):
18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES: This work was sponsored by the Defense
Nuclear Agency under RDT&E RMSS Code B350079464 U99QAXMK50608 H2590D.
For sale by National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA
22161.
The Defense Nuclear Agency Action Officer, Lt. Col. H. L. Reese,
USAF, under whom this work was done, wishes to acknowledge the
research and editing contribution of numerous reviewers in the
military services and other organizations in addition to those writers
listed in block 7.
19. KEY WORDS (Continue on reverse side if necessary and Identify by
block number):
TRINITY
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Alamogordo Bombing Range
Manhattan Engineer District
Manhattan Project
Personnel Dosimetry
Radiation Exposure
Nuclear Weapons Testing
20. ABSTRACT: This report describes the activities of an estimated
1,000 personnel, both military and civilian, in Project TRINITY, which
culminated in detonation of the first nuclear device, in New Mexico in
1945. Scientific and diagnostic experiments to evaluate the effects
of the nuclear device were the primary activities engaging military
personnel.
FACT SHEET
Defense Nuclear Agency
Public Affairs Office
Washington, D C. 20305
Subject: Project TRINITY