ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION FROM TESTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Technical Report · Mon Dec 28 04:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4164456

Environmental contamination from tests of nuclear weapons was investigated. A general review was made of the amount and distribution of fission products observed from stratospheric fall-out, ground deposit, and soil content. The distribution of Sr/sup 90/ was given special study. Information was collected on the mechanisms of the formation and physico-chemical properties of radioactive aerosols including radioactive cloud fornnation and nitric acid formation. The rate of diffusion, stratospheric residence time, and cloud volume were studied. Observations were made of the stratosphere reservoir of strontium- 90. (M.C.G.)

• Research Organization: United Nations. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
• NSA Number: NSA-14-023132
• OSTI ID: 4164456
• Report Number(s): A/AC.82/R.86
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

AEROSOLS
CONTAMINATION
DIFFUSION
DISTRIBUTION
EARTH
ENVIRONMENT
FALLOUT
FISSION PRODUCTS
HEALTH AND SAFETY
NITRIC ACID
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PRECIPITATION
QUANTITY RATIO
RADIOACTIVITY
SOILS
STRATOSPHERE
STRONTIUM 90
SURFACES
VELOCITY
VOLUME