Hotes on Mtg, 25 Aug '51
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Thermal Radiation
Table 1 presents the results of scaling from Greenhouse measure-
wents. This assumes that 1/6 of the bomb energy goes thatportion of
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TABLE 1
Estimated Thermal Radiation vs Distance
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According to the Effects of Atomic Weapons, an intensity below 2 cal/cu~
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Fali-out
Table 2 presents Ogle's guesses about the fall-out, based on the
assumption that the close-in activity is primarily due to neutron activation
of the ground or, as in the case of George, neutron activation of the closein ground which vas then thrown out in a layer which spread over the ground
surface.
The values at large distances are guesses based on previous
observations at those distances.
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