a handbook form so that it could be used by
erchitects and at the same time determine if
_ it is economically feasibie to provide a de~
fence against fallout and I will aek Mr,
Solon to carry on and show you what he found,
MR. SOLON:
Permit me to begin by
seying that the efficiency in this presentation and the merits involved are those of
Mr, Breslin.
He would have done a very
effective job at this and I'm sort of pinch~
hitting,
Let me say the initial reaction of
peopls that are engaged in practical radiation
protection measures when they are confronted
with the order of magnitude represented by the
March 1, 1954 Pacific “shot, is initially to
throw up one's hands and say, "ny goodness,
there 1s very little that can be done because
the order of magnitude of the prevailing rade
ation level from such a ehot,"as you know,
4s something in the neighborhood of 1000 R,
end it can be 1000 R per hour whereas the
practical radiation protection measures are
something like 7% thousnndths of an R per
hour and in the case of gamme: radiation.that
is at .75 thousandths of a rep per B of a
fact neutron,