For times longer than one day, the results are

[4]

a(t) =~ 5.2 x 107° dé! 2 sec

and 38(t) +r(t) =~ (3.9 d7!e2 + 11.7 a7! +4)
x 1076 Mev/sec.

[5]

These results, which apparently are the source of the t7}-2 "law, “

suggest that there should not be a simple power-law dependence of the

external gamma-exposure rate as a function of time and that t “1.4 might
have been a better “law” over longer times.

Nevertheless, the t

-1.2

approximation was frequently used to describe the decrease with time of
the external gamma-exposure rate.

As an approximation, it was then a

natural extension to calculate an infinite exposure (IE) as

re = a(iy f emt2ut = 8D fe? | = 5R(1)aO°?
a

where a is the time of arrival.
the t"

°.

[6]

In such a calculation, the validity of

1.2 approximation is of major importance.

If, for example, a

more appropriate model were rl-4 » the infinite exposure would be
R(1)ao"4 70.4,

For an arrival time of 3 hr, the two models differ by

a factor of 4.0/1.6 or 2.5.
Recent analysis of the original data taken following the weapons

test HARRY (May 19, 1953) indicates that a more appropriate model of
the rate of decrease of the external gamma exposure rate is 7}-35

over periods of about 100 hr (Qu81).

Hicks (Hi82) has also performed

detailed calculations of the expected rate of decay of the HARRY and

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