The cruiser Arethusa was anchored near the Nab Tower, Spithead, off the Isle of Wight on May 1 in preparation for atomic ray experiments. The vessel, with no living: thing aboard will be subjected to bombardments of gamma rays, which follow atomic bomb explosions, but which can be produced as a by-product of an atomic pile. The Arethusa will have no special protection since the tests are designed to find out how an ordinary warship, with no lead, asbestos or concrete, will stand up to gamma radiation, The photo shows the pontoon and pylons from which the Arethusa, moored in the foreground, will be bombarded. (A.P. Photo.)
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22954, 24 May 1949, Page 5
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107The cruiser Arethusa was anchored near the Nab Tower, Spithead, off the Isle of Wight on May 1 in preparation for atomic ray experiments. The vessel, with no living: thing aboard will be subjected to bombardments of gamma rays, which follow atomic bomb explosions, but which can be produced as a by-product of an atomic pile. The Arethusa will have no special protection since the tests are designed to find out how an ordinary warship, with no lead, asbestos or concrete, will stand up to gamma radiation, The photo shows the pontoon and pylons from which the Arethusa, moored in the foreground, will be bombarded. (A.P. Photo.) Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22954, 24 May 1949, Page 5
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