THE EFFECT OF LIMITED STRIPS OF CONTAMINATION ON THE DOSE RATE IN A MULTISTORY, WINDOWLESS STRUCTURE WITH 40 PSF WALLS AND 50 PSF FLOORS,

Abstract

This report extends the evaluation of the effects of limited rectangular fields of contamination on the dose rates within multistory structures to the specific case of a structure with 40 psf walls and 50 psf floors. Comparisons are made between experimentally determined results and those obtained through use of the OCD Guide for Architects and Engineers, the National Shelter Survey Computer Program, and the OCD manual entitled The Design and Review of Structures for Protection from Fallout Gamma Radiation. Recommended experimentally obtained multiplicative correction factors for accounting for limited strips of contamination are presented. Good agreement was obtained between experimentally measured and computed infinite-field above-ground dose rates and for basement dose rates at a 5-ft to 6-ft depth only. Basement measured dose rates were higher than computed values at greater depths. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1963
Accession Number
AD0434787

Entities

People

  • Albert W. Starbird

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Agreements
  • Basements
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contamination
  • Dose Rate
  • Engineers
  • Gamma Rays
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.