Radiation Doses from Flying through Nuclear Debris Clouds

Abstract

Taboada et al. have recently developed a computer model to predict gamma radiation doses to aircrews flying through nuclear debris clouds. Although the model has the advantages of taking a large number of parameters into account and using the benchmark DELFIC code to model cloud dynamics, it takes up to 20 min for a single run on a mainframe computer. Results from a number of runs have been generalized into empirical formulae. From these results it is possible to estimate worst case gamma radiation doses for complex scenarios using a hand calculator. Keywords: Post blast nuclear radiation; Radiation dosage; Nuclear weapon debris; Fallout prediction; Cloud penetration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA167959

Entities

People

  • Arthur Woodrum
  • Peter M. Vanden Bosch

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Dose Rate
  • Equations
  • Flight Paths
  • Gamma Rays
  • Ground Zero
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Particle Size
  • Radiation
  • Security
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Regression Analysis.