shot cab

Hood

ground zero


Figure: Close-in radiation contours for shot Turk.

Nuclear test code-named TURK was detonated on March 7, 1955. The total yield was 43 kilotons. Source: DASA 1251 "Local Fallout from Nuclear Test Detonations. U.S. Army Nuclear Defense Laboratory, Defense Nuclear Agency (Now Defense Threat Nuclear Agency.) p. 185.

Turk, ground zero









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