6.1
6.11
Introduction
Significance of the | March Shot
The events follow ng‘). frst shot deronaced
wt the Pacitie prov ne grounds aia E95k le
seribed tn this repo. sersed fo emphasize + ew
problems
resulting
fron
the
cme
of
atemile
wenpons. These ditferen effects, the impor
tanee of Which was onty \curness apprecimied
before, were brought ii te
shar)
present episode.
hoipter the medink
Tr
thus
problems associated woth
fae
discussed.
tv
weapons or nuclear
foes bv
he
ine ef atomic
renetor aeciderts wilh be
Th: part cuiar
proolems ese
ented with lirge sonle tullout. as they vere
brought ont a1 the preset oxperience and as
they may pertain toe the | mcane and plauin oe
of civil defense, the nibtary od indastiies en
ploving nuclear pov er a | he disenssed. Tin
man radiation injury ress it ne from expose
to fallout and other nuclei midiatioaus will be
ie lo reported here are not necessarily typical
tf ootential fallout situations in the future. It
~ fear, however, that the cardinal effects to be
expected from fallout radiations, as exemplified
“ota events deseribed in this report, are clearVoine- ean ve predicted with a reasonable dereef issnince
b particular. this accident has emphasized
4 qegtieuiite nature of the fallout material
‘.toendered it vistblein manyareas. It should
a ote anferred that serious fallout will necesot be osible under other conditions of detoriot.
Aliso. tie chemical nature of the maerdtovndetum oxide} will be encountered in
HA
om tee
arens of the world.
Although,
iv etated on Chapter TIT, the chemical action
tothe farott material was considered to have
cota buted ttle or none to the effects seen, the
rorree of achesiveness of the material to skin
mettoouranght he quite different with different
desertbed, as well ~ murert tiougat on the
diagnosis ana treat nest fothe dasense states
resulting from expo-ure t these radbations
fa dort qaatertad and in a colder climate where
seatauer sould be minimal
6.12
4 2
Extrapolation of the Presenr Findings to
The Effects of Kiloton Weapons
More General Situations
It must be emphasized that the larze exper
imental nuclear devi e. the detonation of wach
led to the exposure of Cuan bemgs to fallout
radiations, Was exploded lose te the wromne oy
a tropical coral ated under geologic and cee
graphic conditions that ore sigmifeanthy ut
ferent from most pepulited wrens of he world
Each of these cond tions
> ime of weno,
heighe of burst. type of cerrai. weather
ditions, presence or abser
eof
on
eater under ot
near the burst will oovieusiv mfluence marked
the rate and extent «f can umination by falhoue
and the particle <ize and
fallout matersal,
cussed iit otficrad
therefore, that the
med nature oat the
“These: tars dive heer
plese
vege
‘4
obser ee
It
li-
fable ws
Pe
4
‘., 1
Blast and Thermai Effects
Jefore the problenis of fallout associated with
negaton weapons are ciseussed in detail, the
Heat oo efects of kiloton weapons will be rewedi efly fer contrast. Theetfects of such
vee pastis
vive been considered! chiefly im the
vested the comuanal ar 20 WT weapon deto© fees toetrathe am,
On. The blast and heat
etle ts hive been treated thoroughly by Ouyghhese cetoal cbt ane little additional comment
recuered bere
Blast and heat accounted for
"hv det
THE POTHEY
fhe mv
Oye
of serious casualties
ned Nagasaki ieidents.
in
the
It should
lfederit. owever, that i cittes with more
to]
dwellings
than
were
present
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in