The NRDL Dynamic Model for Fallout from Land-Surface Nuclear Bursts

Abstract

A fallout-computation method should be based on all the dynamics of the fallout process, but current computation models do not provide more than generalized answers because they do not account for early-time dynamics. In the attempt to account for the entire process, a theory for close-in fallout was originated. This theory was checked by developing from it a mathematical fallout model for land-surface bursts (the D model) and then using this model to compute fallout dose-rate patterns for two low-yield nuclear tests in Nevada. From a comparison of these patterns with the measured test patterns, it is concluded that the theory, as embodied in the D model, is sound, at least for low-yield land-surface bursts. Also, preliminary results indicate that the theory can be used to give accurate computations for bursts in the moderate and high-yield ranges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 1960
Accession Number
AD0236207

Entities

People

  • A. D. Anderson
  • C. F. Ksanda
  • W. E. Strope

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Boundaries
  • Computers
  • Detonations
  • Dose Rate
  • Dynamics
  • Fission Products
  • Health Services
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Nuclear Clouds
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Particle Size
  • Public Health
  • Radioactivity
  • Surface Burst
  • Turbulence
  • Two Dimensional
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design