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Accession Number:
AD0745906
Title:
Initial Radiation Exposure from Nuclear Weapons
Corporate Author:
RADIATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC FORT WORTH TX FORT WORTH United States
Report Date:
1972-07-14
Abstract:
Recent data and methods for predicting the initial radiation exposure at or near the ground surface resulting from the detonation of nuclear weapons were reviewed and evaluated. State-of-the-art methods were then selected or developed for neutron dose, secondary gamma-ray dose from neutron interactions in the air and ground, and fission-product gamma-ray dose occurring during the first minute following a detonation. The neutron and secondary gamma-ray method is based on discrete ordinates calculations of neutron transport in an air-over-ground geometry and first-last collision method for source height effects. The fission-product gamma-ray model is based on Monte Carlo air transport calculations.
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Pages:
0089
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
Contract Number:
DAHC20-72-C-0123
File Size:
3.21MB
