salted meclear weapon

A nuclear weapon which is designed such that
a significant partion of the radioactivity

of the particulate debris produced by its

detonation results from the neutron activation

of selected isotopes, deliberately introduced
into the weapon for this purpose,

sample cave

Shielded v-shaped apparatus for rolling

sample collection

Various methods of atomic cloud sample

hot filter paper before inserting rolled
papers into carrying cases (pigs).

collection have been tried at one time or

another; the most satisfactory results have

been obtained either by the use of drone
aircraft guided through the atomic cloud or
by means of manned aircraft, The samples

collected are of two types; snap samples

in which a container is filled with essentially gaseous material, and particulate

samples obtained by drawing the air and
other gases through a filter,

sampling mission

The combination of specific tasks required

sampling pig

A thick-walled container, usually of lead, used

to obtain and prepare for shipment the exact
types of samples required by various Federal
agencies,
to ship or store radioactive mterials, The
container protects the person handling the

active material from radiation.

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shielding

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Material of suitable thickness and

physical characteristics used to protect
personnel from radiation during the

manufacture, handling, and transportation

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