Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: The physical factors and dosimetry of the fallout on the Marshall
Islands

shot

from the first

of Operation CASTLE are discussed.

Data was

summarized from field Radiological Safety surveys, fallout
radiochemical studies, and fallout gamma spectral measurements. The
influence of these and other factors on an evaluation of sur vey meter
response and total dose estimates was considered. Estimates of fallout
duration times and energy distribution of the dose from a plane source
were made and the effect of diffuse source-geometry on the depth-dose
to air-dose relationship was considered. Superficial doses from soft
gamma and beta radiation were also considered.;

Major Descriptors: *FALLOUT -- RADIATION HAZARDS; *FALLOUT -- RADIONUCLIDE
MIGRATION; *HUMAN POPULATIONS -- RADIATION DOSES; *MARSHALL ISLANDS -RADIOACTIVITY; *RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION ~~ RADIATION DOSES
Descriptors: BETA DOSIMETRY; DEPTH DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA;
GAMMA DOSIMETRY; RADIATION MONITORING
Broader Terms: DATA; DOSES; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; HAZARDS;
HEALTH HAZARDS ; INFORMATION; ISLANDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICRONESIA;
MONITORING} NUMERICAL DATA; OCEANIA; POPULATIONS; RADIATION DOSE
DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS

Subject Categories:

510300*

Materials Monitoring &

-- Environment,

Transport

--

Terrestrial -- Radioactive

(-1989)

500300

-- Environment, Atmospheric -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring

560151

-- Radiation Effects on Animals -- Man

&

Transport

10/5/743
00875416

--

(-1983)

(Item 443 from file: 103)
ERA-07-023117; EDB-82-050257

Author(s): Steton,
Chan, H.K.

R.L.;

Schuert,

E.A.;

Perkins,

W.W.;

Shirasawa,

T.H.;

Title: Distribution and intensity of fallout.
Final report
(Castle
Project)
Corporate Source:
Naval Radiological Defense Lab., San Francisco, CA
(USA)

Publication Date:

Report Number(s):

Jan 1956

AD-361836

p 172

Document Type: Report; Numerical data
Language: English
Journal Announcement: BDB8107

Availability: NTIS, PC A08/MF A0l.
Subfile:

ERA

(Energy Research Abstracts);

NTS

(NTIS).

Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: The objective of this project was to document the distribution
and intensity of fallout from all shots at Operation CASTLE. Data were
obtained for Shots

1,

2,

3,

4,

and 6 by use of land stations,

anchored

lagoon stations, and free-floating sea stations. A complete analysis of
the Shot 1 fallout to 300 nautical miles downwind including the
development of an experimental model based on fallout particle
trajectories is presented as well as data on Shot 2 fallout to 50
nautical miles downwind and the close-in fallout from Shots 3, 4, and
6.;

Major Descriptors: *CASTLE PROJECT; *FALLOUT -- RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;
*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS -- FALLOUT; *RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
Descriptors: AIR POLLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LAND POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL
MODELS ; WATER POLLUTION
Broader Terms: DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EXPLOSIONS; INFORMATION; MASS
TRANSFER; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; POLLUTION

Subject Categories: 500300*

-- Environment, Atmospheric -- Radioactive

Materials Monitoring & Transport -- (-1989)
510301
-- Environment, Terrestrial -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring
& Transport -- Soil -- (-1987)
520301
-- Environment, Aquatic -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring &
Transport

-~ Water

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(1987)

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