User:Kylesenior/sandbox/Nuclear testing instrumentation
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Setup
[edit]Above-ground equipment
[edit]Find image of equipment mounted on tower.
Down-hole racks
[edit]For vertical hole shots
Tunnel equipment
[edit]For tunnel shots
Diagnostics recording
[edit]Diagnostics trailers etc
LOS
[edit]Line of sight (LOS) pipes to channel gamma, x-ray and neutron radiation from the device to them.
Instruments
[edit]Threx
[edit]THREX (threshold x-ray experiments)
which used solid-state detectors to detect photon recoils given off by thin foils,
PINEX
[edit]PINEX (pinhole imaging neutron experiment) which used a pinhole to focus radiation onto a fluoroscope,
NUEX
[edit]NUEX (neutron experiment) which measured neutron output, and
TOMEX
[edit]TOMEX (tomographic reconstruction experiment) which imaged the device using a streak camera.
Post-shot
[edit]Atmospheric testing
[edit]Cloud sampling
Underground testing
[edit]Cavity reentry, radiochemical sampling etc.