RMI Nuclear Justice Documents

CONTENTS
FOREWORD ---~--------------- eee eee ee ee ee eee eee eee

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ABSTRACT ----------------------------------------- +e eee 5
PREFACK-----~-----------------+------------- ee e e eee 6
CHAPIE# 1

INTRODUCTION--------------------------------------- 11

1.1 Objectives~---------------+-+--------- + - ee ete ee ee ee eee ee ee 11
1.2 Background ------------------------------ eee ee ee ee ee ee eee 11

1.3 Theory --~------------------------- +e - -- ee ee ee ee eee eee 12
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3

Fallout Coutamination of a Water Volume--------------+---------- 12
Fallout Contamination of a Land Surface ---~-----+~--------------- 13
Radioactive Decay --------------------- eee eee eee ee ee eee 14

1.3.4 Distribution of Fallout ---~-+---------------------+---+--+---- 15

CHAPTER 2
2.1

PROCEDURE- ---------------------------------------- 16

Shot Participation------------------------+--+--------+--------- 16

2.2 Operations ---------------+-+-----------+--+------- e+e eee
2.2.1 Aerial Surveys --------~-------------+-+--+------------ eee
2.2.2 Altitude Absorption ---------------------+--+------4--+--+---2.3 Instrumentation - -----------------------+----+---- ee e eee
2.3.1

Aerial Survey -----------+-------+-------------- eee ee eee 19

2.3.2 Altitude Absorption ---2.4

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Required Data --~------------+-+--~--------+----+---- ee eee ee eee 20

2.4.1 Distribution of Contamination in the Sea -----~------------------- 23

2.4.2 Altitude Absorption ------~------------+-+--+------ e+ ee ee 23

2.4.3 Stability of Contaminated Area ------------+--------+------------ 23
CHAPTER 3

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3.1 Instrumentation Performance ----~--------------7 50-00 -r rrr rrr nee 24
3.1.1 Aerial Surveys ----------+-- 2 --r er rere er ree creer 24

3.1.2° Altitude Absorption - ---------------------+------- ere ee 24

3.2 Altitude Absorption Measurements ~~--------------7--- errr cere ree 25

3.3 Distribution of Fallout- --------------------- er eer ree ee ree 28

3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5

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Cherokee ~-----------+--- --+----- 22 ere errr errr rere
Zuni ---------- rn en te tr rr er rr tr rrr rrr
Flathead ~-------------+--+-----2--- rt errr rr errr
Mohawk - ----------~-- +--+ -- +e rere rt eer ere rcs
Navajo -----------~-----+---- reece rte rrr rrr tere

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3.3.6 Shot Tewa---~---------------- wn ee ee ee eee ee eee ee eee 45

3.4 Samples of Contaminated Sea Water---------------+--r rrr errr ctr 45
3.4.1

Gamma Radiation as a Function of Beta Activity ---~--------------- 45

3.4.2 Depth of Mixing - -----------+------- se rerterrrcr rrr rrre 54
CHAPTER 4

DISCUSSION ---------------+------- ect rrr rrr rrr 55

4.1 Operational Performance ---------------------+---------+-rrrr 55
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