Operation Roller Coaster. Project Officers Report - Project 2.6a. Special Particulate Characteristics

Abstract

Some physical and chemical properties of fallout resulting from the high-explosive detonations of nuclear weapons containing plutonium were determined. They included: (1) the total mass of fallout collected per unit area; (2) the amount of plutonium and uranium collected per unit area; (3) the mass distribution of plutonium and uranium by particle size; (4) the relationships among mass, plutonium content, and density of fallout samples; and (5) the solubility of plutonium under conditions associated with the radiological recovery of contaminated facilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 1965
Accession Number
AD0473534

Entities

People

  • J. D. O'connor
  • M. J. Nuckolls
  • R. K. Fuller

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Counters
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Gamma Rays
  • Ion Exchange
  • Ionization
  • Ionization Chambers
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radioactive Decay
  • United States
  • Weight

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Solar Physics