A SURVEY OF INFORMATION ON METEOROLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WORLD-WIDE FALLOUT

Technical Report · Mon Dec 14 04:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4152913

Machta, L

>Information on the physical aspects of world-wide radioactive fall-out was reviewed in order to develop a set of principles from which a prediction of fall-out from past or future atomic tests could be made. The review was limited to the history of weapon test radioactivity from the time of formation to the time of permanent deposition on the earth. The fate of long-lived products was emphasized. Fractionation, characteristics of particulate fission products, and chemical properties of the products were investigated. The distributions in soils, rainfall, oceanic materials, snow, ground level air, upper troposphere, and stratosphere were observed. The total amount of fission products created through 1958 was calculated. The transport of radioactive clouds in the troposphere, movement in the stratosphere, and residence times were investigated. The distribution of future fall-out was estimated. (M.C.G.)

• Research Organization: United Nations. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
• NSA Number: NSA-14-023131
• OSTI ID: 4152913
• Report Number(s): A/AC.82/R.81
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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MATHEMATICS
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NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PRECIPITATION
QUANTITY RATIO
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SNOW
SOILS
STRATOSPHERE
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