FALLOUT SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS: RADIATION DOSE RATE AND DOSE HISTORY AT 16 LOCATIONS
Abstract
The objectives were: (1) to obtain quantitative collections of fallout to determine mass per unit area, ionization decay rates, and size activity relationships; (2) to compare radiochemical, chemical, and physical properties of environmental surface material and fallout material; and (3) to measure, during fallout, the radiation dose rate and accumulated integrated dose with time without discriminating among initial, transit, and deposited radiation sources. All 16 of the stations in the array received measurable amounts of fallout. Quantitative measurements of fallout mass per unit area, ionization decay, and size-activity relationships are tabulated for most of the stations. Radiochemical analyses of 46 samples for as many as 13 radionuclides are tabulated and indicate the expected amount of fractionation for the type of weapon used.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 24, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0345252
Entities
People
- D. E. Clark Jr.
- F. K. Kawahara
- W. C. Cobbin
Organizations
- Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory