User:Kylesenior/sandbox/Nuclear testing instrumentation

Setup

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Above-ground equipment

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Find image of equipment mounted on tower.

Down-hole racks

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For vertical hole shots

Tunnel equipment

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For tunnel shots

Diagnostics recording

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Diagnostics trailers etc

Line of sight (LOS) pipes to channel gamma, x-ray and neutron radiation from the device to them.

Instruments

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Threx

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THREX (threshold x-ray experiments)

which used solid-state detectors to detect photon recoils given off by thin foils,

PINEX

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PINEX (pinhole imaging neutron experiment) which used a pinhole to focus radiation onto a fluoroscope,

NUEX

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NUEX (neutron experiment) which measured neutron output, and

TOMEX

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TOMEX (tomographic reconstruction experiment) which imaged the device using a streak camera.

Post-shot

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Atmospheric testing

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Cloud sampling

Underground testing

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Cavity reentry, radiochemical sampling etc.