CONTENTS * fuge A. General Background Information..........00.00.00..... 1. Natural Background and Medical Exposures... 2. Sources and Nature of Fallout......0.....00.0.0...... B. Whole Body Exposures..j.....cccccccccseetececeeees C. D. KE. F, Vv L 1 1 2 4 BKIn EXposures..s...s...ccsepevescccccsercscrcsesess eeveeaeueseonn 8 jodine 131........ See eU sete aa naeeeeteerersestestrcesensenetececseeecs 11 Strontium 90 and Stronthum 80.0.0... ee / 44 Carbon 14....... Vienennerssnagnptennenerteseceesees riaeneen ren ereees 16 Ch, Water antl Abtiscccerengueereeseresrtreneneencesnn | 48 SECTION II, OTHER ASPECTS.................... senpeeveneeeans 21 A. Blast — Direct and Reflected.................... beveeeeeneee . 22 B. Thermal— Flash and Heating Effects.......-.........6 23° C, Weather,........... cece severeeeter pees ueeecevapenensenereenes 26 D. Ground Motions = ~Farthquakes pueteey sesveveneentnensceces QT SECTION II]. APPENDIX GENERAL EVALUATION.................... Sufety Procedures at the Nuclear Testing Sites....... dete eee pee eernvesessasgegecneereegeas CGlossary......... feeteesetatat ices cavunneeee s boon 3) 33 49 iit + “Ge a oma a nele a meee Po mm me INTRODUCTION... FOON HOE E Ce hrc rere reba meee eens SECTION I. RADIATIONS...THOU HER Ce rer mente trees eemerereresne ties ane ‘he waa at agy Fal é I peeeat :