SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USNRDL UNDERGROUND FALLOUT SHELTER

Abstract

The report presents an analysis of a series of radiation measurements of an underground ammunition magazine converted into a shelter. Data obtained by the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory were compared with previously published theoretical and experimental work, and the protection afforded by the shelter if it were exposed to a full infinite field of contamination of either fallout or cobalt-60 was estimated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 20, 1962
Accession Number
AD0707808

Entities

People

  • E. T. Clarke
  • J. F. Batter

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Attenuation
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computations
  • Detectors
  • Diameters
  • Dose Rate
  • Experimental Data
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Far Field
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Shelters
  • Thickness

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.