PROJECT STAR DUST
Abstract
The goal of Project Star Dust is to construct a model of world wide fallout behavior from hich predictions can be made of atmospheric burdens, ground burdens and the biologic l doses resulting from all kinds of releases of radioactivity placed in the atmosphere as a result of military use of atomic energy. To that end, S ar Dust has been conceived as a two-faceted project. One facet consists of radiochemical and particle analyses of stratospheric air filter samples collected by U-2 aircraft. al) model of atmospheric processes governing the distribution of world wi e fallout from injections of radioactive material. The two facets are not independent of e ch other, however. The results of the radiochemical and particle analyses will be used, in conjunction with data obtained in the High Altitude Sampling Program, to provide a basis for stablishing the model. The results of certain radiochemical analythe other facet is meteorological study designed to produce a (mathema ical) model of atmospheric processes governing the distribution of world wi e fallout from injections of radioactive material. The two facets are not independent of e ch other, however. The results of the radiochemical and particle analyses will be used, in conjunction with data obtained in the High Altitude Sampling Program, to provide a basis for stablishing the model. The results of certain radiochemical analyses performed on filter samples collected u der HASP are presented. Also presented is a mathematical treatment of t e first order kinetics model of the stratosph re which was used in HASP to make predictions of future fallout levels under the assumptions of continued testing. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0294555
Entities
People
- Herbert W. Feely
- James P. Friend