Accession Number:
AD0339465
Title:
GAMMA EXPOSURE RATE VERSUS TIME
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Corporate Author:
ARMY ELECTRONICS LABS FORT MONMOUTH NJ
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Report Date:
1960-02-08
Pagination or Media Count:
57.0
Abstract:
The primary objective of Project 2.2 was to measure initial- and residual-gamma-exposure rates as a function of time at various distances from high-yield-thermonuclear detonations. Secondary objectives were to measure the residual gamma-exposure rate at the lip of the crater from a high-yield, land-surface and to field test a prototype thermal detector to be used in a radiological-defense-warning system. The residual-gamma radiation was detected by an unsaturated-ion chamber, whose output determined the frequency of pulses that were recorded on electro-sensitive paper. Most of the initial gamma-radiation stations consisted of scintilla tion detectors whose output determined the frequency of pulses that were recorded on magnetic tape. Some initial-gamma instruments were similar to those used during Operation Castle. The exposure rate near the crater was measured with a detector-telemeter unit dropped from a helicopter. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Nuclear Instrumentation
- Radioactivity, Radioactive Wastes and Fission Products
- Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics
- Nuclear Weapons