The Effects of Nuclear Weapons

Compiled and edited by
Samuel Glasstone and Philip J. Dolan

Third Edition

Prepared and published by the
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
and the
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Preparation of this revision of "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons" was made possible by the assistance and cooperation of members of the organizations listed below.

Department of Defense

Headquarters, Defense Nuclear Agency
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
U.S. Army Aberdeen Research and Development Center, Ballistic Research Laboratories
U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
Naval Surface Weapons Center

Department of Defense Contractors

Stanford Research Institute
General Electric, TEMPO
Mission Research Corporation
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Atomic Energy Commission/
Energy Research and Development Administration

Headquarters Divisions and the laboratories:

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Health and Safety Laboratory
  • Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
  • Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
  • Lovelace Biomedical and Environmenal Research Laboratories
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Sandia Laboratories