shown in Fig. 4.11. Stations 540.15 and 540.09 were both located at 15 miles, but at different

azimuths from ground zero(see Fig. 2.1 for location).

4.5.1

Arrival of Fall-out

It is most interesting to note that the cross-wind arrival time was completely independent
of distance from ground zero, At the four stations from 8 to 15 miles, the fall-out began at

+40 to +45 min, This suggests a delivery mechanism independent of winds (Chap. 8).

Table 4.3-—-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF RADIOACTIVE FALL-OUT PARTICLES
Size distribution,
LL
Distance

Station

cross wind,

540.20

540.18
540.18
540.17
540.16
540.15
540.15
4.5.2

Period

miles

of fall-out

5.0

Early

8.0
8.0
10.0
10.0
15.0
15.0

Early
Middle
Middle
Early
Middle
Late

25

50

to

to

4

8

100 200 300
to

to

to

14

5

7

4
1
3

1

50 100 200 300 400

6
1
1
9
0
13

10
4
2
23
2
13

2
7
10
1
1
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Remarks
Several particles to 5000

Several particles to 1200 u
Several particles to 500 u
Several particles to 1000 »
Several particles to 1200 u
Several particles to 1200 u

Duration of Fall-out

The four stations fixed the duration of fall-out at something less than 2 hr, with three of
these stations experiencing exactly the same duration. Station 540.09, to the east of 540.15,
shows the cessation of the fall-out to be at 0 + 95 min, a somewhat earlier time than the time
of 0 + 144 min experienced by the other three stations.

4.5.3

Distribution of Activity with Time

Figure 4.11 shows the randomnessof the time distribution of fall-out within the period in
which it occurred. All the stationg experienced several maxima and minima. These peaks and

valleys show no correlation between time and distance. Since the samples were collected over
limited areas, the levels of activity shown in Fig. 4.11 are not too representative.

REFERENCES
1. LG. Poppoff, Fall-out Particle Studies, Jangle Project 2.5a-2 Report, WT-395; also

in Particle Studies, WT-371.
2. U. 8. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory Report on High Explosive Model Studies (in
preparation).

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