‘CHAPTER 17
on
THE INTERACTION OF SURFACE SHIPS
WITH THE THERMAL AND RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
by
R. W. Shnider
U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory
San Francisco, California
{ Originally published as USNRDL~475]
20 January 1964
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Abstract
This chapter considers the interaction of surface ships with the thermal
and nuclear radiation fields resulting from water-surface and underwater bursts,
but does not include effects on personne]. Two classes of interaction are considered: (1) interaction of the ship with radiations, involving shielding against
thermal, neutron, and gamma-radiations; (2) interaction of the ship with materia! particles, involving deposition of radioactivity on the ship's weather
surfaces, or ingress of activity within the weather envelope via ventilation or
combustion air. The classes of radiation considered include (a) thermal,
(b) fireball-plume-cloud, (c) transit, (d) deposit, (e) radiation from contaminated water, (f) radiation from contaminated ventilation or combustion oir.
Available weapons-test data are given for shipboord radiation levels due to
each class, along with current theoretical methods for assessing the radiation
fields at various shipboard locations.
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