THE HIGH ALTITUDE SAMPLING PROGRAM. VOLUME 4. THE APPLICATION OF HASP DATA
Abstract
The most direct approach to the determination of the surface burden of nuclear fallout involves the measurement of the concentrations of radionuclides on the land and in the oceans. Alternatively the concentrations of radioactivity may be measured in samples of precipitation and these data may be integrated to give the total deposition of nuclear debris during the time interval of interest. Such studies yield valuable information on the mechanisms involved in the deposition of fallout and in addition they permit estimates of the present and future radological hazards to be made. This discussion concerns primarily past and future surface burdens of strontium-90 and tungsten-185 and their variations with time. Several workers have approached the problem of the calculation of the surface burden of world-wide fallout in different ways. A total of five alternative methods has been proposed, four of which include the use of precipitation data in conjunction with the results of analyses of soils for radioactive fallout.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 31, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0267613
Entities
People
- Herbert W. Feely
- James P. Friend