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DOE meeting focuses on Marshall Islands’ legacy activity
The Department of Energy Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security (EHSS) held its annual meeting this month with the government of the Marshall Islands. The two-and-a-half-day meeting, in Honolulu, Hawaii, focused on ongoing cooperative efforts and programs related to the legacy of U.S. nuclear weapons testing from the 1940s and 1950s. The United States began cleanup operations on the islands in the 1970s.
W. E. Voreck
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 6 | June 1969 | Pages 582-587
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28288
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An aluminum capsule 2⅛ in. in diameter and 9 in. long completely contains the high-order detonation of 3.6 g of explosive. This was approved for insertion in the General Electric Test Reactor and successfully used to irradiate a series of explosive and propellant samples. Modifications were also made to permit continuous measurement of pressure and temperature of the sample during irradiation when desired. Methods used to measure gamma flux, neutron dosages, and temperature limits are also described.
