Initial Nuclear Radiation Environments Due to Tactical Nuclear Weapons Detonated in Air-over-Ground and Air-over-Sea Geometries.

Abstract

Calculations of the free-field neutron and secondary gamma-ray environments generated by the detonation of tactical standard-fission-weapons have been made for air-over-ground and air-over-seawater geometries. These data have been combined with previously published calculations of the radiation environments due to the primary prompt gamma-ray component, in order to predict the total radiation intensities induced along the air-ground interface, for various heights of weapon burst. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA080040

Entities

People

  • H. Alan Robitaille

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Detonations
  • Environment
  • Fission Neutrons
  • Fission Weapons
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Intensity
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Radiation Protection
  • Scattering
  • Standards
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.