TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I.: PREFACE, ETC. WEAPONS PHYSICS
POSTWAR U.S. FISSION WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT: SEARCH FOR SIMPLICITY, ETC
VOLUME. II (1943-1952) 1. THE SEARCH FOR FEASIBILITY 2. RACING IN THE DARK
VOLUME. III. (1952-1954) OPERATION IVY OPERATION CASTLE
VOLUME. IV (1954-1969) BUILDING A BETTER BOMB REDWING HARDTACK, DOMINIC
VOLUME V: . AIRCRAFT BOMBS INCLUDING U.S. NUCLEAR BOMBS, ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS AND ATOMIC DEMOLITION MUNITIONS
VOLUME VI: MISSILE & ROCKET WARHEADS; ATOMIC ARTILLERY SHELLS
VOLUME. VII ARMING & FUZING; TECHNOLOGIES & EQUIPMENT
APPENDIX 1. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS, 1942-1962
APPENDIX 2. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPECIFICATIONS
APPENDIX 3. TYPICAL U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENTS, 1950-1981.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME III. U.S. THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT
1952 1954
THE FIRST
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICE
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April
1952: The AEC Reports to the President
.. |
III-1 |
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Improvements
in Computing Capabilities
..
...
. |
III-3 |
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The
Genesis of the Second Weapons Laboratory
...
|
III-7 |
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A
Proposal to Delay the Thermonuclear Test
. |
III-16 |
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Operation
IVY..
..
. |
III-26 |
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Purpose of IVY .......................................................................... |
III-28 |
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Organization
of Task Units and Test Site Selection
..
. |
III-32 |
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IVY
Task
Units
...
|
III-34 |
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The
Mike Device
|
III-38 |
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Mike
Shot Experimental Programs
..
..
. |
III-49 |
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Pretest
Activities
...
...
|
III-53 |
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Fabrication
of Cryogenic
Equipment
..
|
III-54 |
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Operation
TUMBLER
-SNAPPER:
Prelude to IVY .
.
. |
III-57 |
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Operation
TEXAN
:
Rehearsal for IVY
..
|
III-63 |
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The
Mike Shot
..
.. |
III-67 |
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The
AEC Reports to President Truman
|
III-74 |
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The
King
Shot
and Roll-up of IVY
.. |
III-77 |
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Security
and the Mike Shot
.. |
III-81 |
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The
Wheeler Incident
... |
III-93 |
|
The
Spread of the "Three
Concepts"
|
III-97 |
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The
"Emergency Capability
"
Program
. |
III-101 |
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The
TX-14: The First Emergency Capability
Weapon
|
III-110 |
|
The
Air Force and the Hydrogen
Bomb:
Plans for War
. |
III-117 |
|
The
First Soviet Thermonuclear Test
.. |
III-132 |
|
Objectives of CASTLE .. . |
III-141 |
|
Planning
and Construction.
.
. |
III-144 |
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CASTLE Task Units ... |
III-153 |
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Selecting the CASTLE Test Devices . |
III-156 |
|
Logistics of "Wet" Bombs .. |
III-165 |
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The LASL and UCRL Technical Programs for 1953-1954 |
III-170 |
|
LASL Plans for Operation UPSHOT . .. . |
III-183 |
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The Air Force Proposes an Air Drop. .. .. |
III-186 |
|
The GAC Meets to Review CASTLE , March 1953 . |
III-189 |
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Operation UPSHOT -KNOTHOLE : Prelude to CASTLE |
III-192 |
|
UCRL and Operation UPSHOT -KNOTHOLE . |
III-202 |
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The
FORTUNE Article
..
. |
III-205 |
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Lithium -6: The CASTLE Bottleneck .. |
III-208 |
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CASTLE Preparations Continue |
III-212 |
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The
Test Program Comes Under Fire
..
.. |
III-227 |
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October
1953: The AEC Reviews CASTLE
Plans
|
III-236 |
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November
1953: The AEC Reports on CASTLE
to
Congress
.. |
III-249 |
|
The
Los Alamos Technical Program for CY 1954 and FY 1955 |
III-251 |
|
UCRL
's
Plans for 1954-1955
..
.. |
III-253 |
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To
Share or Not to Share: The U.S. and the U.K.
|
III-255 |
|
January
1954: The AEC Publicly Announces CASTLE
.. |
III-269 |
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CASTLE Test Operations .. |
III-271 |
|
Soviet
Eavesdropping on the Pacific Proving
Grounds
. |
III-272 |
|
The Bravo Shot .. |
III-289 |
|
An Ill Wind .. .. |
III-292 |
|
Post-Bravo Operations |
III-308 |
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The
Morning Star That Didn't Rise
|
III-316 |
|
Results
of CASTLE
|
III-328 |
|
British
Participation in CASTLE
|
III-335 |
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Security and Operation CASTLE |
III-338 |
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Bradbury Reviews the H-Bomb Program |
III-344 |
BUILDING
A BETTER BOMB: 1954-1957
|
Weapons
for the Stockpile
.. |
IV-1 |
|
A
Proposal for a Testing Moratorium
.
..
. |
IV-7 |
|
Clean
and
Dirty
Bombs
..
|
IV-10 |
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July
1954: New Bombs in the Stockpile
.
|
IV-16 |
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LASL
UCRL Friction
..
|
IV-23 |
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The
Shepley-Blair Book
. |
IV-27 |
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From
Emergency Capability to Quantity Production
.
|
IV-44 |
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Planning
for Operation TEAPOT
. |
IV-46 |
|
Bradbury
Challenges Interchangebility
..
. |
IV-48 |
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Concerns
About the UCRL
Program
|
IV-50 |
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August
1954: Plans for Operation TEAPOT
.
.. |
IV-52 |
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LASL
and Sandia: Weapons Development Plans
..
.. |
IV-64 |
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February
1955: the Killian Committee Reports
..
|
IV-66 |
|
U.S.
- U.K. Cooperation: To Be or Not to Be?................................ |
IV-70 |
|
Operation
REDWING ..
.
. |
IV-75 |
|
REDWING
and
Clean
Weapons................................................. |
IV-76 |
|
Objectives
of REDWING ....
..
. |
IV-81 |
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UCRLs
Plans for REDWING ....
|
IV-81 |
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REDWING
Planning
and Organization
.
. |
IV-86 |
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Spring
1955: A Possible Test Moratorium Looms
.
|
IV-91 |
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March
1955: REDWING Plans
...
|
IV-94 |
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Operation
TEAPOT
:
Prelude to REDWING
..
|
IV-96 |
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Planning
for REDWING
Continues
..
. |
IV-103 |
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"Clean
"
Weapon Tests
..
...
...
|
IV-107 |
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The
UN Requests Information on Fission Products
|
IV-109 |
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June
1955: REDWING Plans
.
..
...
...
|
IV-112 |
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Revising
the Test Schedule
.
..
..
|
IV-118 |
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REDWING
and Tests of Small Yield Weapons
. |
IV-125 |
|
The
Soviets Air-drop an H-Bomb
... |
IV-129 |
|
Final
Plans for REDWING
.
.
. |
IV-134 |
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The
AEC Issues Briefings on the Upcoming Tests
|
IV-144 |
|
REDWING
Test
Operations
.
.
. |
IV-152 |
|
Preparations
for REDWING ..
.
|
IV-157 |
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The
Cherokee Air-drop Test
|
IV-160 |
|
Results
of REDWING
..
.. |
IV-189 |
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REDWING
and the US Stockpile
... |
IV-192 |
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UCRL
Progress at REDWING
|
IV-196 |
|
LASL
Progress at REDWING
|
IV-198 |
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Summary
of Post-REDWING Bomb Development
|
IV-206 |
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Early
1956: Soviet Testing Activity
|
IV-207 |
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HARDTACK
Objectives and Planning
.. |
IV-211 |
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Plans
for High-Altitude Tests .
|
IV-212 |
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Plans
for Operation PILGRIM in Nevada
.
|
IV-225 |
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Plans
for HARDTACK
Underwater
Tests
|
IV-234 |
|
PILGRIM
Becomes PLUMBBOB
|
IV-235 |
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Early 1957: New Pressure for a Test Moratorium .. |
IV-238 |
|
Early
February 1957: Revised PLUMBBOB Plans
|
IV-245 |
|
An
Alternative Site for HARDTACK?
|
IV-257 |
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March
1957: Further HARDTACK Plans
|
IV-261 |
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June
1957: Emphasis on Clean Testing
..
|
IV-283 |
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Operation
MIAMI MOON
...
|
IV-286 |
|
Problems
with PLUMBBOB
......
|
IV-301 |
|
A
Test Ban is Announced
|
IV-312 |
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September 1957: Plans for the "Open" Shot . |
IV-313 |
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Awaiting
Results of PLUMBBOB
|
IV-318 |
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October
1957: The AEC Reviews HARDTACK
|
IV-327 |
|
The
British Unveil an H-Bomb
|
IV-329 |
|
Bradbury
on the State of the Laboratory
|
IV-334 |
|
HARDTACK
Test Operations
|
IV-343 |
|
The
High Altitude Shots
|
IV-355 |
|
Results
of HARDTACK
|
IV-356 |
|
Security
and Operation HARDTACK
|
IV-366 |
|
The
Great Clean Weapons Fraud
|
IV-367 |
|
Operation
HARDTACK Phase II in Nevada
|
IV-374 |
|
Moratorium:
November 1958 September 1961
|
IV-378 |
|
Soviets
End the Moratorium
|
IV-382 |
|
September
1951: Plans for Renewed Testing
|
IV-388 |
|
The
Fishbowl Program
|
IV-392 |
|
Plans
for Operation Dominic
|
IV-394 |
|
Announcement
of Operation DOMINIC
|
IV-398 |
|
DOMINIC
Test Operations
|
IV-401 |
|
Frigate Bird: Testing Polaris . |
IV-408 |
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Swordfish:
Testing ASROC
|
IV-411 |
|
Bluegill
Prime Forces a Recess
|
IV-423 |
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Testing
Resumes
|
IV-436 |
|
Results
of DOMINIC
|
IV-441 |
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Post
DOMINIC Developments
|
IV-446 |
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Summary
|
IV-452 |