An Analysis of Transport, Dispersion, and Deposition from Two Above-Ground Nuclear Tests in China

Abstract

There has been recent international interest on where nuclear fallout occurred from above ground test events conducted at the Chinese Lop Nor test site. This study pertains to detonations presumed to occur during the morning hours of June 17, 1967 and June 27, 1973. The purpose of this study is to determine whether it is likely that significant fallout from the two aboveground nuclear weapons tests fell near the cities of Makanchi, Urdzhar, and Taskesken in Kazakhstan. To accomplish this it was necessary to reconstruct the regional meteorological conditions (winds, temperatures, and humidity), then perform nuclear weapon source term, transport, dispersion, and deposition calculations based on the best available information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 14, 1999
Accession Number
ADA524764

Entities

People

  • Thomas J. Smith

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Data Sets
  • Detonations
  • Dispersions
  • Hazards
  • Materials
  • Meteorological Data
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Quality Control
  • Radiation
  • Radioactive Materials
  • Space Sciences
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transport Ships

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  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Seismology