Initial Radiation Exposure from Nuclear Weapons
Abstract
Recent data and methods for predicting the initial radiation exposure at or near the ground surface resulting from the detonation of nuclear weapons were reviewed and evaluated. State-of-the-art methods were then selected or developed for neutron dose, secondary gamma-ray dose from neutron interactions in the air and ground, and fission-product gamma-ray dose occurring during the first minute following a detonation. The neutron and secondary gamma-ray method is based on discrete ordinates calculations of neutron transport in an air-over-ground geometry and first-last collision method for source height effects. The fission-product gamma-ray model is based on Monte Carlo air transport calculations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 14, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0745906
Entities
People
- L. G. Mooney
- Robert L. French