REDUCING THE STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITY OF FOOD-PROCESSING PLANTS TO THE BLAST AND THERMAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS,

Abstract

The report studies the reduction of the structural vulnerability of representative food plants in the United States to the blast overpressures and thermal energy released by nuclear weapons. It develops hardening measures for strengthening points or areas of critical weakness. These apply generally to pre-attack protective planning in all industries. Potential damage is analyzed, from field-survey data assembled first-hand at the processing plants, to determine what structural and operational areas are most vulnerable. Beginning with such weak links, practicable hardening measures are then evolvel. Consideration of available target-analysis data and the economics of hardening governs implementation of a comprehensive plant protection program. Because of the present general apathy toward civil-defense activity, positive incentives for industry, involving active participation by the federal government, perhaps tax writeoffs, appear in order. Specific plant-study material is included, together with sample calculations for assessing vulnerability at industrial installations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1964
Accession Number
AD0603217

Entities

People

  • Randle H. Powley
  • Robert I. Young

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Defense Systems
  • Economics
  • Food Processing
  • Governments
  • Hardening
  • Materials
  • Motivation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Overpressure
  • United States
  • Vulnerability
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Economics
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Systems Analysis and Design