Analysis of Radiation Exposure for Troop Observers, Exercise Desert Rock VI, Operation Teapot.

Abstract

The radiation doses to troop observers and volunteer observers for Exercise Desert Rock VI are reconstructed for each applicable shot of Operation Teapot (1955). Initial neutron and gamma radiation doses are determined from transport codes ATR4 and ATR4.1. Residual radiation contours and decay rates are established through a new automated procedure that utilizes raw data in regression analysis to fit space-time models. Troop operations data are combined with the radiological data to determine integrated dose. Uncertainties are calculated for each parameter. The volunteers received the highest observer--1.6 rem gamma and 4.5 rem neutron. The highest dose received by troop observers was 1.4 rem gamma and 1.4 rem neutron at Shot Tesla.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA121701

Entities

People

  • D. Kaul
  • J. Goetz
  • J. Klemm
  • J. Mcgahan
  • R. Weitz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Computational Science
  • Confidence Limits
  • Explosives
  • Gamma Rays
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Observers
  • Photographic Dosimeters
  • Radiation
  • Regression Analysis
  • Task Forces
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects