Results of Calculations of External Gamma

Radiation Exposure Rates from Fallout
and the Related Radionuclide Compositions

Operations Nougat through Bowline, 1962-1968
ABSTRACT
This report presents data on calculated gammaradiation exposure rates and
ground deposition of related radionuclides resulting from Events that deposited detectable
radioactivity outside the Nevada Test Site complex.

INTRODUCTION
The Events which deposited detectable radioactivity outside the Nevada Test Site complex! are
listed in Table. 1.

RESULTS
Results of the calculations of relative external gamma radiation exposure rate and related
radionuclide ground deposition are given in the Appendices. These calculations are described in detail in

Ref. 2. The output of the calculation has 30 decay times, 10 from 1 to 21 h, 10 from 1 to 300 d, and 10 from 1

to 50 y. For each of these times and for zero time there are values of the external gammaradiation exposure

rate normalized to 1 mR/h, 1 m abovethe surface, 12 h after the event, the associated values of uCi/m? for

each radionuclide, and the total wCi/m?.

The 733U, 235U, 238U and 25%240Pu data were omitted primarily to keep the output unclassified.

Futhermore, the natural uranium contentof the soil is about one million times that received from fallout and

at least half of the plutonium in Nevada and Utahsoils comes from worldwide fallout.?

TABLE 1.
Shot Name

Yield, date and placement of Events of Operations Nougat through Bowline, 1962-1968
Yield (kt)

Danny Boy

Sedan

Date

0.43

104

Johnny Boy

Placement

Mar. 5, 1962

Buried 110 ft

July 6, 1962

Buried 635 ft

0.5

July 11, 1962

Buried 2 ft

Smail Boy

Low

July 14, 1962

Low Tower

Little Feller }

Low

July 17, 1962

Surface

Sulky

0.092

Dec. 18, 1964

Buried 90 ft

Palanquin

4.3

April 14, 1965

Buried 280 ft

Cabriolet

2.3

Jan. 26, 1968

Buried 171 ft

Buggy

5.4

Mar. 12, 1968

Buried 135 ft

Dec. 8, 1968

Buried 355 ft

Schooner

30

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