Accession Number:

AD0607127

Title:

DESCRIPTION, EXPERIMENTAL CALIBRATION, AND ANALYSIS OF THE RADIATION TEST FACILITY AT THE PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

CONESCO INC CAMBRIDGE MA

Personal Author(s):

• McDonnell, C.
• Velletri, J.
• Starbird, A. W.
• Batter, J. F.

Report Date:

1964-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

100.0

Abstract:

The initial calibration experiments performed at the Radiation Test Facility of the Protective Structures Development Center are described and their results analyzed. The dose rate above an open field and the attenuation afforded by the steel frame of the test structure is calculated and found to agree well with experiment when modified calculational procedures are used. The cumulative angular distribution of direct radiation is found to be as much as fourteen percent above that predicted by theory over the range investigated. Several modifications of presently used calculational techniques are suggested.

Descriptors:

• *CIVIL DEFENSE
• *SHELTERS
• *RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• GEOMETRIC FORMS
• INSTRUMENTATION
• CALIBRATION
• DOSIMETERS
• RADIATION MONITORS
• COBALT
• FALLOUT
• DOSE RATE
• EQUATIONS
• SHIELDING
• STANDARDIZATION
• STEEL
• STRUCTURES
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Subject Categories:

• Civil Defense

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE