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AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE RADIATION PROTECTION AFFORDED BY A LARGE MODERN CONCRETE OFFICE BUILDING [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1959.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 60 : digital, PDF file
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United States. Department of Energy and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
An experimental study was made to determine the effective shielding provided by a modern reinforced-concrete office building (AEC Headquarters building) from nuclear fall-out. Pocket ionization chambers were used for measurement of the radiation-field strength. Fall-out was simulated with distributed and point-source configurations of Co/sup 60/ and Ir/sup 192/ sources. Four typical sections were selected for study, and experiments were performed on each. These included an external wing with exposed basement walls and an external wing with a buried basement. Roof studies were made on an internal wing with a full basement and on the east end of wing A, which has a thin-roof construction. The thick-roof construction of 8 in. of concrete and 2 in. of rigid insulation covers all the building except the east end of wing A, which has 4 in. of concrete and 2 in. of insulation. (auth)
Report Numbers
E 1.99:cex-59.1
cex-59.1
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Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/1959.
"cex-59.1"
Batter, J.F. Jr.; Kaplan, A.L.; Clarke, E.T.
Technical Operations, Inc., Burlington, Mass
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