484:, on 16 May 1955. Eden detailed the nature and purpose of the tests. He explained that the experiments would include the addition of light elements as a boost, but promised that the yield of neither test would exceed two and a half times that of the Operation Hurricane test. Neither the anticipated nor the actual yield of the Hurricane test had been officially disclosed to Australian officials, but the yield was 25 kilotonnes of TNT (100 TJ), so this implied an upper limit was about 60 kilotonnes of TNT (250 TJ). Later an 80-kilotonne-of-TNT (330 TJ) limit was agreed to. Eden informed Menzies that the two shots would be from towers, which would produce a fifth of the
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improved on 8 June, and
Martell ordered the countdown to begin the following day, but Beale objected to a test being carried out on a Sunday. During Operation Totem there was an agreement that no tests would be conducted on Sundays. Mosex considered that matter in London, and directed Martell not to test on 10 June. The following 48 hours were unsuitable. On 17 June the meteorologists predicted a break in the weather and Martell ordered the countdown to recommence. Weather balloons indicated that conditions were stable between 5,000 and 24,500 feet (1,500 and 7,500 m), with an anomaly between 19,000 and 24,500 feet (5,800 and 7,500 m) that was not considered significant.
1046:(LCA) and driven by a party wearing protective clothing to within 400 feet (120 m) of ground zero to collect samples and recover the blast measurement equipment. Another sortie was made to collect film badges from Hermite Island, and Maddock collected a sample from the G2 crater. The Canberra sent to fly through the cloud had trouble finding it, and only after some searching located it about 80 miles (130 km) from where it was supposed to be. The following day, the Canberra sent to track the cloud and collect more samples could not locate it at all. The bulk of the fallout drifted over the
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990:, the scientist in charge of the hydrogen bomb project at Aldermaston, determined that in view of the results of G1, G2 was now more important than ever. He agreed that, if necessary, Grapple, could be delayed to conduct G2. With time running short, the test procedures were altered to allow for a break in the weather to be exploited, with an earlier firing time and a shorter countdown.
871:, promised to discuss demands for an end to the tests. Martin and Titterton confronted Martell and Adams, and Martin told them that without sufficient information about the nature of the tests, the AWTSC could not approve the test. That it had a veto came as a surprise; it was not what their orders from London said. Penney sent a message to Adams 10 May:
461:, responding to rumours reported in the newspapers, asserted that "the Federal Government has no intention of allowing any hydrogen bomb tests to take place in Australia. Nor has it any intention of allowing any experiments connected with hydrogen bomb tests to take place here." While a boosted fusion weapon is not a hydrogen bomb, the tests
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Committee any significant weapon details, but would not object to their seeing outside of cabled ball in centre section. They could be told that fissile material is at centre of large ball of high explosive and that elaborate electronics necessary to get symmetrical
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were not run. Spot checks were made to verify that there was no contamination on board. Most of the sample collection was completed by 20 May. An extra run was made to collect film badges from
Hermite Island, and Maddock paid the crater a visit on 25 May to collect further samples. Two RAF Canberra
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The results of G1 meant that a natural uranium tamper could be used in G2 without exceeding the planned 80 kilotonnes of TNT (330 TJ) limit agreed to with the AWTSC. (One of 100 kilotonnes of TNT (420 TJ) was used for safety purposes.) Scientific rehearsals for G2 were held on 28 and 31
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Montebello Islands on 22 April, and was sufficiently impressed with the progress of works to schedule a scientific rehearsal for 27 April. A second scientific rehearsal was held on 2 May, followed by a full dress rehearsal on 5 May. The fissile material was delivered by an RAF
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Australia. They arrived on 22 July, and began a series of discussions. The Australian Government created a Montebello Working Party as a subcommittee of the Maralinga Committee as a counterpart to the British Mosex. Adams met with
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rose to 21,000 feet (6,400 m) instead of 14,000 feet (4,300 m) as predicted. Valuable data was obtained. The implosion system had performed flawlessly, but the boosting effect of the lithium deuteride had been negligible; the process had not been fully understood. HMS
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Weapons Tests Safety Committee (AWTSC), an organisation created by the Australian Government to oversee the safety of nuclear tests. Mosex agreed that at least two members of the AWTSC would be present on board the Task Force 308 flagship, the
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Hermite Island. Today, the Montebello Islands are a park. Visitors are advised not to spend more than an hour per day at the test sites, or to take relics of the tests as souvenirs. A pyramid-shaped obelisk marks the site of the G2 explosion on Alpha Island.
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Operation Hurricane, and there would be no danger to people or animals on the mainland. He explained that the use of the Montebello Islands would save as much as six months' of development time. Menzies cabled his approval of the tests on 20 June.
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Martell disclosed the same information that had been given to Menzies, on condition that they kept it to themselves. This mollified them, and the G1 test went ahead. The device was detonated on Trimouille Island at 03:50
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to the point where it was no longer hazardous to the casual visitor, but there were still radioactive metal fragments. The island remained a prohibited area until 1992. A 2006 zoological survey found that the wildlife had recovered. As part of the
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Australia by monitoring stations, in combination with Beale's announcement that G2 would be smaller than G1, an impression was generated that something had gone horribly wrong. The acting prime minister, Sir
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to create a combined American, British, and Canadian project. The British Government expected that the United States would continue to share nuclear technology after the war, which it regarded as a joint discovery, but the
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carried out a hydrographic survey of the Montebello Islands, laying marker buoys for moorings. Care had to be taken with this, as Operation Hurricane had left some parts of the islands dangerously radioactive. The
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to collect radioactive samples. Lieutenant-Colonel R. N. B. Holmes was in charge of the Royal Engineers, whose task including erecting the 300-foot (91 m) aluminium towers for the shots.
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May, followed by a full rehearsal on 4 June. The fissile core for the device was delivered to Onslow by RAF Hastings on 6 June, and once again was couriered to the Montebello Islands by HMS
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tests were already scheduled to be held there. It was therefore decided that the best option was to return to the Montebello Islands, where the operation could be supported by the
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saw no benefit in renewing cooperation with the UK. All the while Britain strove for independence, at the same time it sought interdependence in the form of a renewal of the
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had arrived in March, not a single day had been suitable. And good weather conditions alone were insufficient; the meteorologists had to accurately forecast them. To allow
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by helicopter on 14 May. The following day, Martell set 16 May as the date for the test. There had been protests in Perth at the test series, and the
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in South Australia, but would not be ready until September 1956. It was decided that the best option was to return to the Montebello Islands, where
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aircraft flew between the UK and Australia, and two Whirlwind helicopters provided a taxi service. The
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status, the British Government restarted its own development effort, which was given the cover name "
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501:Operation Giraffe. In June 1955, the
377:Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
3013:British nuclear testing in Australia
2887:
1401:
470:prime minister of the United Kingdom
415:tamper to investigate the effect of
2558:Britain and Atomic Energy 1939β1945
2351:. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
1094:By the 1980s the radioactivity had
865:deputy premier of Western Australia
735:, who flew out to the islands on a
718:120-foot (37 m) motor lighters
716:for the second test. A pair of RAN
219:, and the use of a natural uranium
13:
2468:10.1016/B978-1-4160-5198-5.00023-X
2278:. Department of Parks and Wildlife
2246:Cherry, Sorenson & Phelps 2012
982:to return to the UK and refit for
615:Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet
532:as the scientific superintendent.
14:
3044:
2746:The Western Australian Naturalist
2524:"Operations Hurricane and Mosaic"
2258:Cooper, Lokan & Williams 1983
2195:"Inquiry on Atomic Cloud Ordered"
602:on 23 February 1956. The frigate
2988:
2976:
2964:
2952:
1830:Naval Intelligence Division 1956
1725:from the original on 24 May 2022
565:Australian Bureau of Meteorology
141:
134:
2875:(Report). Royal Australian Navy
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2187:
2069:
1883:
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1531:
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365:British hydrogen bomb programme
229:British hydrogen bomb programme
3028:Montebello Islands archipelago
2618:. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
786:flew safety patrols, five RAF
1:
2705:Journal of Australian Studies
2334:
295:During the early part of the
290:
2717:10.1080/14443058.2014.895956
1428:, pp. 160β163, 179β185.
1089:
176:was a series of two British
7:
2460:Physics in Nuclear Medicine
2378:. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
1297:tower, weapons development
1219:tower, weapons development
962:provided logistical support
802:(USAF) provided a pair of
478:prime minister of Australia
10:
3049:
3023:1950s in Western Australia
2888:Paul, Septimus H. (2000).
1863:Kainikara & Burns 2016
1111:
780:Royal Australian Air Force
391:of light elements such as
371:Purpose and site selection
322:United States isolationism
2077:"No Risks In A Bomb Test"
1965:. Nuclear Weapons Archive
1414:Gowing & Arnold 1974b
1354:Gowing & Arnold 1974a
1068:radioactive contamination
938:radioactive contamination
419:, and one with a natural
399:are added. The resulting
349:successfully demonstrated
324:, and Britain losing its
311:merged with the American
112:
107:
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2522:Djokovic, Petar (2016).
1511:"No Hydrogen Bomb Tests"
1316:
739:helicopter on 15 April.
192:series and preceded the
2915:Symonds, J. L. (1985).
2641:Jones, Matthew (2017).
2435:. London: John Murray.
2234:Arnold & Smith 2006
2040:Arnold & Smith 2006
1999:Arnold & Smith 2006
1921:Arnold & Smith 2006
1851:Arnold & Smith 2006
1777:Arnold & Smith 2006
1756:Arnold & Smith 2006
1699:Arnold & Smith 2006
1687:Arnold & Smith 2006
1630:Arnold & Smith 2006
1613:Arnold & Smith 2006
1571:Arnold & Smith 2006
1481:Arnold & Smith 2006
1457:Arnold & Smith 2006
1438:Arnold & Smith 2006
1390:Arnold & Smith 2006
800:United States Air Force
537:S. W. B. (Paddy) Menaul
385:boosted fission weapons
330:High Explosive Research
2345:; Smith, Mark (2006).
2297:Maryan & Bush 2007
1368:, pp. 24, 48, 57.
1230:Boosted fission weapon
1011:
963:
895:
878:
839:
766:region, although four
742:Only a small party of
170:
108:Test series chronology
2584:. London: Macmillan.
2560:. London: Macmillan.
2374:Baylis, John (1995).
2315:Sydney Morning Herald
1544:The Argus (Melbourne)
1483:, pp. 52β53, 89.
1066:found no evidence of
1044:Landing Craft Assault
1000:
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569:Royal Australian Navy
544:Lieutenant Commanders
168:
2405:. Stroud: Fonthill.
2401:Boyes, John (2015).
2276:"Montebello Islands"
1029:Public Record Office
592:HM Dockyard, Chatham
361:Special Relationship
303:project, code-named
157:class=notpageimage|
2318:. 22 September 2012
2299:, pp. 247β251.
2248:, pp. 427β428.
2236:, pp. 133β137.
2224:, pp. 356β357.
2184:, pp. 351β355.
2157:, pp. 266β267.
2133:, pp. 210β212.
2118:, pp. 346β351.
2106:, pp. 351β352.
2042:, pp. 125β126.
2025:, pp. 337β342.
2013:, pp. 245β246.
2001:, pp. 124β125.
1986:, pp. 264β266.
1947:, pp. 482β483.
1935:, pp. 481β482.
1923:, pp. 122β124.
1880:, pp. 333β335.
1865:, pp. 145β148.
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1779:, pp. 115β117.
1701:, pp. 111β112.
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1632:, pp. 124β126.
1603:, pp. 478β479.
1573:, pp. 109β112.
1459:, pp. 106β110.
1416:, pp. 500β501.
1404:, pp. 196β197.
1356:, pp. 181β184.
1332:, pp. 108β111.
1267: /
1189: /
1143:Elevation + height
1118:
1003:boom defence vessel
687:boom defence vessel
455:minister for supply
344:on 3 October 1952.
334:Operation Hurricane
271:At the time of the
252:Operation Hurricane
2995:Nuclear technology
2310:"One man's island"
2200:The Canberra Times
2082:The Canberra Times
1648:The Canberra Times
1516:The Canberra Times
1249:AWST (+8 hrs)
1171:AWST (+8 hrs)
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1101:Gorgon gas project
1042:was landed from a
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829:Landing Ship, Tank
554:Landing Ship, Tank
507:Lieutenant General
338:Montebello Islands
182:Montebello Islands
171:
160:Montebello Islands
149:Montebello Islands
58:Montebello Islands
3033:1956 in Australia
2926:978-0-644-04118-8
2899:978-0-8142-0852-6
2837:978-0-644-04436-3
2821:McClelland, James
2789:978-0-644-04435-6
2773:McClelland, James
2652:978-1-138-67493-6
2625:978-0-333-16695-6
2591:978-0-333-15781-7
2477:978-1-4160-5198-5
2442:978-0-7195-5225-0
2412:978-1-78155-481-4
2385:978-0-19-828012-5
2358:978-1-4039-2102-4
1440:, pp. 82β86.
1314:
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1234:lithium deuteride
1072:red water disease
984:Operation Grapple
804:C-118 Liftmasters
590:began a refit at
549:W. A. S. Butement
444:Operation Buffalo
417:lithium deuteride
342:Western Australia
313:Manhattan Project
307:, which the 1943
281:kilotonnes of TNT
266:Operation Grapple
256:tank landing ship
194:Operation Buffalo
186:Western Australia
180:conducted in the
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