Analysis of Radiation Exposure for Additional Naval Personnel at Operation CASTLE-Supplemental Report

Abstract

This report supplements DNA-TR-84-6 by analyzing the radiation exposure for typical crewmembers of eight additional ships at Operation CASTLE in 1954: RECLAIMER, SHEA, COCOPA, MENDER, MOLALA, TAWAKONI, PC-1546, and LST- 1146. Utilizing the reconstructed radiation environments from deck contamination, water shine, proximate ship shine, and contaminated hulls and piping, equivalent film badge doses are calculated and compared with analyzed film badge dosimetry. Comparisons are hampered by a shortage of badge readings and by cohort badging that may have emphasized non-representative crew activities. Considering this, agreement is good (within a few hundred millirem) when doses were high but less when doses were low. In all cases, overall totals appear to be in excellent agreement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA241846

Entities

People

  • Charles Thomas
  • Edward Ortlieb
  • Jeffrey Klemm
  • Jerald Geotz

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Boats
  • Dosimetry
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Health Services
  • Measurement
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Photographic Dosimeters
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radiation
  • Radioactive Materials
  • Radioactivity
  • Security
  • Task Forces

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.