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Appendix A – Underground Nuclear Test Diagnostics
Pages 11-12

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... Prompt diagnostics as the name implies measure the immediate behavior of the nuclear weapons at the time of the explosion. They monitor the gamma ray, neutron, and X-ray flux produced by the nuclear reactions within the primary and secondary of the tested weapon.
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... lt informs inferences of efficiency (mass fission/total mass) and boost performance.
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Key Terms

  • neutron output
  • prompt diagnostics
  • gamma ray
  • measures neutron
  • ray flux

  • reaction history
  • archival test
  • relative abundance
  • tested weapon
  • original position

  • core samples
  • fission products
  • neutron production
  • bomb residue
  • name implies

  • neutron experiment
  • fusion reactions
  • alamos science
  • measuring weapon
  • various locations

  • test data
  • history diagnostics
  • threshold experiment
  • undergo chemical
  • implies measure

  • radiochemical tracers
  • radiochemical data
  • nuclear reactions
  • weapon yield
  • accurate means


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