Reassessment of atomic bomb radiation dosimetry in Hiroshima and Nagasaki: proceedings

Conference · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5477533

The presentations at this workshop are the first of a series of joint efforts, among knowledgeable scientists in Japan and the United States under RERF auspices, directed toward reassessing the dose of ionizing radiation received by survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The last previous dose estimate revisions occurred in 1965 and since that time new technology and understanding have become available for this purpose. It is the hope of RERF that the collaboration represented by this workshop and the following day of free discussion among the participating scientists will establish a procedure which will ensure that the resulting dose estimates are as accurate as possible. Acceptance of the resulting estimates by the scientific communities of both nations is our ultimate goal. This first workshop has concentrated on presenting current evidence concerning the yield of the two weapons, the spectra of the radiations from them, their transport through air, and various in situ measurements of the resulting excitation of materials on the ground (insulators, roof tiles, iron rods, etc.) which can be used to check the theoretical calculations.

• Research Organization: Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Nagasaki (Japan). Nagasaki Branch
• OSTI ID: 5477533
• Report Number(s): CONF-830209-; ON: TI84015017
• Resource Relation: Conference: US/Japan joint workshop on the reassessment of A-bomb radiation dosimetry in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan, 16 Feb 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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