PROCEDURES FOR THE ESTIMATION OF THE CONCENTRATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPON FALLOUT IN RIVER WATER

Abstract

Fallout contamination of surface water supplies presents a potential hazard after a nuclear attack. The internal radiation dose received from consumption of fallout contaminated water may be estimated from the known concentration of fallout in the water and the radiological character of the fallout material. This report presents a simple and direct method of estimating for a river water supply the concentration of stream surface deposited fallout arriving at the intake. The method utilizes stream data available from offices of the Surface Water Branch of the United States Geological Survey. Sample calculations and graphical aids are included. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 02, 1961
Accession Number
AD0276120

Entities

People

  • Myron B. Hawkins
  • Wallace O. Wade

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contamination
  • Geological Surveys
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Personality
  • Radiation
  • Surface Waters
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Water
  • Water Supplies
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Statistical inference.