CONTENTS ABSTRACT ------------ 2-7 -- 2 eee nee eee eee FOREWORD -----------------+- 22-2 eee nee PREFACE- --- ------ 3-2-2 ee ene en nee ee eee eee -effect ~effect kK Unit type, ssions CHAPTER 1 srojects: 5 6 6 INTRODUCTION- - --~-------+--- 22-20 - errr crc eter erro 18 1.1 Objectives- ------------ ++ 2-2 reer ee rn ent entree 13 1.2 Terminology ---------------- 2-2 ce ee err ee ee ee er eee 13 soe in 1.3 Background and Theory- - -----------------7--2 23 errr errr ree 13 er a de- ecay sed nowed sample three it, acdata CHAPTER 2 PROCEDURE- -~~------ +253 r err rrr rrr tr tert eee 15 2.1 Target Ships -------~-----+---- +--+ er errr rere re rr rere 15 2.2 Instrumentation - ----~-----------+-- 5 re err etter eee ere ee 15 2.2.1 Gamma-Intensity-Time Recorders (GITR’s)---------------------- 15 2.2.4 GITR Calibration and Maintenance ~~---~-------+--------------- 17 2.2.2 GITR Installations - ---~------------- 50-22 renner rrr rere ee 16 2.2.3 Gamma-Ionization Decay Unit ------------+----+---------- ree 16 2.2.5 Film Badges - ---~---------- 5-0-2 renner terre errr tree 2.3 Operations ---------- 5-50 enn reer rrr rte ee tr re reese 2.4 Data Requirements - ~- ----~----------- 20 ror reer ern rere tree 2.4.1 Data Obtained by Project 2.1 ---------------- 2-20 rrr ere rere ee 2.4.2 Data Reduction ----~------------- 2-2-2 rere rere ree etree 2.4.3 Data from Other Projects --------~--------------+-+---- ree ee CHAPTER 3 17 17 18 18 18 19 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION - ---------~----+-----------+---- 26 3.1 Total Doses and Dose Rates Aboard Target Ships- -----~~-------------- 3.1.1 Weather-Deck GITR Data -------~-----------+~+--------------3.1.2 Compartment GITR Data --------~------------------ ++ errr 3.1.3 Film-Badge Data----------------------+-----------------3.2 Remote-Source Gamma Radiation - ------------------------------3.3 Total Gamma Radiation in Adjacent Water -------------------------- 26 26 27 28 29 29 3.4 Gamma-lonization Decay - ------------------+---+--------------- 30 CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -----~------~-------- 78 4.1 Conclusions- -~---------------------------------+----------- 78 4.1.1 Total Gamma Radiation Aboard Target Ships --~----------~-------- 78 4.1.2 Remote-Source Gamma Radiation- ---------------------------- 78 4.1.3 Total Gamma Radiation in Adjacent Water --------~------------+--- 78 4.2 Recommendations- ~------------~---------+--~---------+----------- 79 REFERENCES- -~ -- -- -------- 7 +2 ee ree eee ree eee eee eee 80 APPENDIX A GITR INSTRUMENT --------------------------+-------- 82