discussed. It was concluded that in no situation in nuclear warfare would
it be possible to inhale enough fallout material to injure the respiratory
or gastrointestinal tracts. On physical grounds, the acute hazards offered
gamma emanation to skin and to the organism as a whole are
BETA and
by

at least 1000 times greater than the inhalation hazards. On physioiogical

grounds (the defense mechanisms of the respiratory tract) there ijs an
additional protective factor of 10; the particles of the early fallout are
too large to reach the pulmonary alveoli. The probability of internal
contamination by the respiratory route appears to be remote, and can be

ignored in the early period after attack.

(H.H.D.)

‘

Descriptors:
BETA DECAY;
BODY;
CONTAMINATION;
FALLOUT;
FISH;
FISSION PRODUCTS;
GAMMA RADIATION;
INTESTINE;
JAPAN;
LUNGS;
MAN;
MARSHALL ISLANDS;
MEDICINE;
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;
POPULATIONS;
QUANTITY
RATIO;
RADIATION INJURIES;
RADIATION PROTECTION;
SHOCK WAVES;
SKIN;
THERMAL RADIATION;
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

10/5/141

224131

(Item 141 from file:

NSA-17-014086

109)

RESPONSE OF MAMMALIAN SYSTEMS TO NONUNIFORM SPACE RADIATION DOSE.

Lectures in Aerospace Medicine,
Sondhaus,

C.A.

Jan.

8-12,

1962

Publication Date: nd
211-40 p.
Journal Announcement: NSA17

Document Type: Book Analytic
Language: English
Discussion is given on the spatial distribution of radiation as well as
its nature and energy throughout the body tissues during space flight, in

particular, the geometrical aspect of tissue dose and non-uniform pattern
of dose deposition, and its effect on response. A brief summary is given of
conclusions derived from the accidental exposure of human being to fallout
radiation on March 1, 1954, in the Marshall Islands. (P.C.H.)
Descriptors:
ABSORPTION;
BODY;
DISTRIBUTION;
FALLOUT;
MAN;
MARSHALL ISLANDS;
RADIATION DOSES;
RADIATIONS;
SPACE FLIGHT;
TISSUES
Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

ENERGY;
ENVIRONMENT;
RADIATION EFFECTS;

10/5/142
(Item 142 from file: 109)
222515
NSA-17-012467

TRAVEL TIMES TO AUSTRALIAN STATION FROM PACIFIC NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS

1958

IN

Doyle, H.A.; Webb. J.P.

.

Journal Announcement: NSA17

Document Type: Journal Article
Language: English

~

Travel times from the 1958 series of nuclear expolsions near Bikini and

Eniwetok islands to Australian seismic stations are studied.

at distances between 25 deg

and 63 deg

For stations

the mean residuai for P from the

9003623

Australian National Univ., Canberra
Journal of Geophysical Research
(U.S.)
v 68.
Publication Date: Feb. 15, 1963
1115-20 p.
Coden: JGREA
Note: 0022-1406

Jeffreys-Bullen times for a surface focus is -1.6
plus or minus
0.7 sec,
agreeing with traveltime determinations to other continents. Times to
Rabaul (19 deg
and 21 deg ) strongly suggest a sharp bend in the P curve
near 17
, corresponding to the ‘‘20 deg discontinuity.’’ There is aiso
a possible bend near 25 deg to 26, but this wouid be less marked. Data are
given.
(auth)
Descriptors:
DEFORMATION;
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;
SEISMOLOGY;
SHOCK WAVES;
VELOCITY
Subject Codes (NSA): GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND METEOROLOGY

10/5/143
(Item 143 from file:
217959
NSA-17-007906

109)

PATHOGENESIS AND REGENERATION OF RADIATION

INDUCED BONE MARROW

INJURY,

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