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Press Release, Subject: Eleventh Test Detonation in the Spring 1953 Series Is Scheduled to Be Fired at the Nevada Proving Grounds

Dated
May 30, 1953
Document type
Press release
Length
1 page
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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION - DEPARTMENTOF DEFENSE To confirmat once certatiresearchand developmentresultsjust obtained to be fired at the NevadaProvingGroundscd the than thosefrom the AtomicEnergyCommissionand the Departmentof Defensewill.be present. No furthertests are scheduledat the Therewill be no troop Mneuvez’.. only detonationsof energyyieldspresentingno healthor safetyhazarda under the criteriamaintainedby the A-EC. The serieshas developeddata which will find use in maw phasesof weaponsdevelopment.Tests of