Large-Animal Neutron-Gamma Irradiation Experiment.
Abstract
Eighty-eight burros were exposed to prompt neutron and gamma radiation from a nuclear detonation. Shielded from heat and missiles the animals were placed in 11 regularly spaced rows intended to bracket the median lethal dose of prompt radiation. The objectives of the experiment were to: (1) determine the median lethality response of the burro to the radiation described; (2) normalize the effect in the burro to that in the monkey; (3) compare weapon irradiation effects with those from isotopic gamma-ray sources; and (4) obtain preliminary measurements of the depth-dose pattern of radiation in a large mammal. Postshot observations were made of clinical and pathological change. The median lethal dose was determined to be 402 rep + or - 4 rep. Survival time and per cent were inversely related to dose level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1958
- Accession Number
- ADA077512
Entities
People
- Roy E. Kyner
- U. S. Grant Kuhn Iii