Accession Number:

AD0645908

Title:

SCATTERING OF FALLOUT RADIATION FROM CEILINGS OF PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES.

Descriptive Note:

Special rept.,

Corporate Author:

KANSAS STATE UNIV MANHATTAN DEPT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Kimel,W. R.
• Faw,R. E.
• Baran,J. A.
• Mingle,J. O.
• Rubin,R. M.

Report Date:

1966-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

176.0

Abstract:

A thorough study of the ceiling shine problem was made. Ceiling shine is defined as that contribution to the radiation dose rate in a protective structure resulting from fallout radiation entering the structure through apertures in vertical walls and scattering downward from the ceiling. A systematic analytical analysis of this problem, verified experimentally, resulted in a set of design curves. These curves yield the ceiling shine reduction factor in any concrete structure as a function of building dimensions, size and location of apertures, and detector location. Author

Descriptors:

• (*STRUCTURES
• DOSE RATE)
• (*FALLOUT
• SCATTERING)
• WALLS
• CONCRETE
• GEOMETRIC FORMS
• BUILDINGS
• RADIATION MONITORS
• PROTECTION

Subject Categories:

• Structural Engineering and Building Technology
• Nuclear Radiation Shielding, Protection and Safety

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE