Biological and Radiological Effects of Fallout From Nuclear Explosions; Chapter 1: The Nature of Fallout; Chapter 2: Formation of Fallout Particles

Editorial: Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, Washington DC, 1966

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The format is approximately 8 inches by 10.25 inches. Staple bound and three hole punched. vii, [1], 82 pages. Figures. Formulae, Tables. References. Cover has wear, soiling, sunning, and a large scratch on the front. TR-38. Carl Miller was an internationally recognized authority on fallout. Simplified equations are available that approximate fallout under most conditions. These are known as Carl Miller's Simplified Fallout Scaling System, and can be used by those outside of the various national security communities worldwide. Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. It commonly refers to the radioactive dust and ash created when a nuclear weapon explodes. The amount and spread of fallout is a product of the size of the weapon and the altitude at which it is detonated. Fallout may get entrained with the products of a pyrocumulus cloud and fall as black rain (rain darkened by soot and other particulates, which fell within 30-40 minutes of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). This radioactive dust, usually consisting of fission products mixed with bystanding atoms that are neutron-activated by exposure, is a form of radioactive contamination. Fallout comes in two varieties. The first is a small amount of carcinogenic material with a long half-life. The second, depending on the height of detonation, is a large quantity of radioactive dust and sand with a short half-life. All nuclear explosions produce fission products, un-fissioned nuclear material, and weapon residues vaporized by the heat of the fireball. These materials are limited to the original mass of the device, but include radioisotopes with long lives. When the nuclear fireball does not reach the ground, this is the only fallout produced. Its amount can be estimated from the fission-fusion design and yield of the weapon. After the detonation of a weapon at or above the fallout-free altitude (an air burst), fission products, un-fissioned nuclear material, and weapon residues vaporized by the heat of the fireball condense into a suspension of particles 10 nm to 20 µm in diameter. This size of particulate matter, lifted to the stratosphere, may take months or years to settle, and may do so anywhere in the world. Its radioactive characteristics increase the statistical cancer risk. Elevated atmospheric radioactivity remains measurable after the widespread nuclear testing of the 1950s. Reprint of Stanford Research Institute Report.…

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Biological and Radiological Effects of Fallout From Nuclear Explosions; Chapter 1: The Nature of Fallout; Chapter 2: Formation of Fallout Particles
Autor
Miller, Carl F.
Editorial
Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, Washington DC
Año de publicación
1966
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Good
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