2021/03/09 by Susan K. Hanson, Hanson, S. K., Warren J. Oldham +1
Engineering · Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Nuclear reactor physics and engineering #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Radioactive contamination and transfer
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2103.05785
openalex publication_date 2021/03/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
On July 16, 1945, the Trinity nuclear test exploded in the desert near Alamogordo, NM. A variety of new diagnostic experiments were fielded in an effort to understand the detailed performance of the nuclear device. This article describes a series of radiochemical experiments that were designed to measure the efficiency and neutron fluence of the test. These experiments, and the scientists who led them, laid the foundation of weapons radiochemistry for decades to come.