Locating the Lost Athena Missile in Mexico by the Aerial Radiological Measuring System (ARMS)
- 1 July 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Health Physics
- Vol. 23 (1) , 95-98
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-197207000-00013
Abstract
On 11 July 1970, an Athena missile was launched by the U.S. Air Force from Green River, Utah, as part of a routine testing program. The nose cone contained two 57Co sources of approximately 470 mCi each. The Athena operated abnormally resulting in an impact in Mexico. Through the USAEG, the EG&G Aerial Radiological Measuring System (ARMS) scientific team was asked to participate in the search for the 57Co using the ARMS gamma radiation detection system. In a period of 3 days, the impact crater was located and the ground recovery team was directed to the site. Various samples were returned to the EG&G Las Vegas laboratory for analysis and identification.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: