with other agenclae oo theo.

ce

me oT Se a number of

studies over the past severai viers involving a wide range

of attack patterns,
Sperking generatiy, attacks directed
primarily against populetior o-rcere produce &@ magn varger
number of deaths due te biass erd tnarpal effacets tnan fitem
radiation. When the attectk petter: fs compeosec at mas iv
of military bases the concer ss tia
Now let's turn our aiten=i’r :
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radiation

from the instent of

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For example,

the total a oumuienel

cose

li fours after

on

surface burst with a fiss'oo » 2 ©. nu the megator tar ge
might run to 1,000 roentgens 2 omer. it an area > ough.
20 miles across at the wicesdee and 100 miler iorkg
nearly the distance from ter+
« Fhileadelphia,
‘Cioser tn
the point of detonaticn the ac umulened dase would ve

higher,
Such a radistion Gese of 9 200 reentgens oro om o#
received within a perlec :f
Fo neur~ worle prove fata.
«
all unprotected pergcns witnin ore 9: Ebree weeks
Nw
ef course, the radiation tazser wud exteng val. sewsoe
the 100 miles in the exemp i+ [ tieve eBiven
i wen a
generally speaking, we sh:
xp ° tae baparc .
4 AaB
as the distance grow: .

Following an attack we sho?... cis
e xpeet te cine ove:
lapping of the fallout pat-ern. fron separate detonar | ones
That is. areas which might «+
‘gn uy centeminates +. one
explosion would receive meo-+

tecdoit

from =

4ecera agslos lon

in ancther saree anc perhep- «) 0) sere From tudire anv
subsequent explosions
The ne
resuit te thal mech.
Une
lightly comtaminated ares
oan oer ome Seevily
antanina'<¢
by the later additions,
|
C)osouyvable thar toe e years
could deiiver en attack fro wt so. re tnabiy
he wm Ls
land area cf the Unitear Ste .- wo ae leaves oy
toa. aed
because of the svertooriny
8 oF tee

oe

fission bomb will produce = 6 g+
ater dracing up uens
ef thousands of tons cf e-r*> emir ving tt wheb the
radioactive fission produ ts.
«be bomb, which #t che
moment of explosion are e:use
i radloestiviry c. sis ghely
over 250 million toms -f ‘ed us
“iis mixture of ear tt
particles and fission pre vt s 2 ow dele iidstrobi tee
the winds through which i
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