Some Aspects of Fallout of Concern to Civil Defense
In October 1971, the Research Directorate of the Office of Civil
Defense, now the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA), posed questions
on eight aspects of fallout of interest to civil defense.
They were
sent to the Fallout Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Civil
Defense in the form given in Appendix A.
These topics encompass problems
of the basic constraints used in fallout prediction, various perturbations
on the standard surface-burst problem, the direct detection of heavy
fallout without instruments, and the feasibility of extrapolating
predictions on an operational basis. The Subcommittee itself and
working groups of the Subcommittee have attempted to answer questions
on these topics, several of which were rephrased in interaction and by
agreement with DCPA representatives. . The results of these deliberations
are the subject matter of this report.
May 1973
Members of Subcommittee
Melvin L. Merritt (Chairman)
Eric T. Clarke
Frank D. Cluff
Robert E. Heft
Carl F, Miller
R. Robert Rapp
Lewis V. Spencer
Robert C, Tompkins
Gilbert J. Ferber
Jack C. Greene
Jerome L. Heffter
John C. Phillips
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Richard Park (Secretary)