RADIOLOGICAL RECOVERY CONCEPTS, REQUIREMENTS, AND STRUCTURES. VOLUME 1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Abstract
This study examines the effectiveness and costs associated with the application of decontamination to accelerating recovery of an activity in a postattack fallout environment. The effectiveness is measured in two ways: first, by the fractional reduction in dose rate that can be achieved by decontamination; and second, when the dose received during the activity is specified by the fractional reduction in denial time that can be achieved by decontamination. The costs are described in terms of the personnel and equipment required for decontamination, the radiation doses received by the personnel, and the water required by the operation. The recovery of an activity is defined in terms of radiation doses received by the activity personnel in performing the activity. When these doses are reduced to acceptable safety level by reducing the dose rate in the activity area, the activity is said to be recovered. The above dose constraints are expressed both in terms of the maximum total dose and in terms of the maximum equivalent residual dose. The primary conclusion reached, that decontamination is as vital to recovery as shelters are to survival in a fallout environment, is the basis for recommending further studies analyzing the application of decontamination to integrated whole-city recovery.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 16, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0450606
Entities
People
- H. E. Campbell
- J. D. Douglass Jr.
- Jason T. Ryan
Organizations
- RTI International