Gamma exposure rates due to neutron activation of soil [electronic resource] : site of Hood detonation, Operation Plumbbob

Published:: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1980.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: Pages: 15 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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This paper is the result of some recent discussions of exposure rates within the first few hours of the Hood detonation of the Plumbbob series due to neutron activation of soil. We estimated the exposure rates from 1/2 to 3 h after the detonation from ground zero to 1000 yards from ground zero. The area was assumed to be uncontaminated by fallout. Soil samples from the area of the Nevada Test Site at which the Hood device was detonated were sent to ORNL by Dr. John Malik of Los Alamos and by Mr. Gordon Jacks of the Nevada Test Site. These samples were irradiated at the DOSAR facility and the resulting activity analyzed. Calculations of exposure rates were then made based on the analyzed activity and the measured thermal neutron fluences at DOSAR and at the Hood Site.

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E 1.99:ornl/tm-7406
ornl/tm-7406

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Published through SciTech Connect.
06/01/1980.
"ornl/tm-7406"
Auxier, J.A.; Ohnesorge, W.F.

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W-7405-ENG-26

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