Operation Roller Coaster. Project Officers Report - Project 5.1b. Sticky Wire Evaluation

Abstract

Evaluation of data obtained by catching particles from a radioactive cloud on sticky wires is presented. This technique was used successfully in Operation Roller Coaster. Wire preparation and handling, activity measurement, data analysis, and preparation of activity contours for the clouds are discussed. Results of a laboratory program to determine the correlation between ionization chamber measurements of the wires and the mass of plutonium deposited on them by the cloud are presented; conversion factors obtained by both radiochemical analysis and wipe data compared well. The effect of altitude on air-ionization measurements is investigated both theoretically and experimentally.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 23, 1966
Accession Number
AD0482576

Entities

People

  • A. L. Baietti
  • A. Zirkes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Conversion
  • Environment
  • Geometry
  • Ground Zero
  • Ionization
  • Ionization Chambers
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Plutonium
  • Radioactivity
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.