RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AT SEA

Abstract

A survey was made of the measurement problems, environment and instrumentation requirements for the detection and sampling of clandestine nuclear explosion debris at sea. The survey was oriented toward the problems of a search team policing a world nuclear test ban and recommends improvement of existing water probing devices and development of a ship-to-water survey system and expendable depth probes. The depth probes would explode a charge on contact with submerged radioactive pools and this signal would be monitored by the ship's sonar. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1961
Accession Number
AD0265787

Entities

People

  • E.j. Wesley

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Detection
  • Environment
  • Expendable
  • Explosions
  • Explosives Detection
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Radiation
  • Sampling

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security