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residual activity of about 2 r/hr, which probably could not be tolerated
by @ populace already considerably exposed in achieving this reduction
in level.

Using very optimistic assyuptions, it is estimated that the

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cleaning up of the typical 20-sq mi urban area would take about 200
working hours or thirteen 16-hr days (limited by the number of trucks,
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shovels, and water available), and perhaps would require the recruitment

of personnel from surrounding areas to maintain minimum radiation exposures.

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EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF GAMMA-RAY STRUCTURAL SCATTERING IN
THE B-47 AIRCRAFT (U).
Carl E. Heidt and Cecil R. Ward, 14 October 1955.
SECRET-RESTRICTED DATA, Special Report

One of the major problems associated with the RW program is
he design of a mobile shield which will protect the flight crew of the
delivery aircraft from the harmful effects of a 15-megacurie gamma

(Zr95-Nb95) munition.

It is of ¢tmost importance that the photon behavior

within the aircraft be understood as thoroughly as possible due to the

obvious weight limitations inherent in,such a design.
The objectives are
(1) to determine if structural scattering significantly increases the

crew dose rate as observed in a simple air geometry and (2), if so, to

determine an order of magnitude of this scattering.

The conclusions drawn from this study are:
(1)
structural
scattering does not significantly increase the crew dose rate observed in
an air geometry.
On the contrary, the inherent shielding provided by the
aircraft, primarily in the form of fuel, results in a net decrease in dose

rate, i.e.,
scattering;
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structural attenuation is far more significant than structural
(2) allowing for the effects of replacing the test point
the RW munition, there is every indication that this structural
will decrease the expected dose rate by a factor of at least

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2, or even 3; and (3) results clearly indicate that the aircraft structure
can be safely ignored (i.e., air can be conservatively used as the sole
scattering medium) in the programming of the in-flight shielding problem
associated with the design of an RW aerial munition system.

A GUIDE TO RADIOLOGICAL WARFARE COUNTERMEASURES, Stanford
Research Institute.

June 1954,

SECRET-RESTRICTED DATA, Special Report.
This report is a compilation of existing information on radio-

ogical warfare countermeasures. Lacking data on enemy RW capabilities

and plans, estimates are made of the most probable agents and types of

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