tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063748297872704759.post7074325780338588766..comments2024-02-24T04:07:55.492-05:00Comments on ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION: 1957 ... bank vault - 37 kiloton 'Priscilla Shot'james vaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10257538676931882302noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063748297872704759.post-70558642122489497792017-04-10T23:07:04.266-04:002017-04-10T23:07:04.266-04:00Been there done that. Toured NTS November 2001. ...Been there done that. Toured NTS November 2001. Basically I was 30 feet from that vault on DOE tour bus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063748297872704759.post-61490078147223498252017-03-12T00:02:00.015-05:002017-03-12T00:02:00.015-05:00... thanks for the info!... thanks for the info!james vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257538676931882302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063748297872704759.post-79569119546721681122017-03-01T22:18:56.391-05:002017-03-01T22:18:56.391-05:00From the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1961
&quo...From the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1961<br /><br />"A reinforced-concrete steel-plate-lined vault and steel vault door were exposed to a nuclear detonation (shot Priscilla, about 37 kt, balloon suspended, at 700 ft) at the predicted 75-psi peak incident pressure level (1150 ft from Ground Zero)."<br /><br />So, it would appear the range was around 1,150 feet from Ground Zero.<br /><br />https://books.google.com/books/about/Response_of_Protective_Vaults_to_Blast_L.html?id=2LbANwAACAAJBlackBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257361526582770695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063748297872704759.post-56851313550631306282017-02-28T23:28:04.572-05:002017-02-28T23:28:04.572-05:00Remember the Twilight Zone episode with Burgess Me...Remember the Twilight Zone episode with Burgess Meredith having lunch in a bank vault the day the bombs went off? A classic.ralphbenton.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13264408190231957678noreply@blogger.com