Calculated concentrations of any radionuclide deposited on the ground by release from underground nuclear detonations, tests of nuclear rockets, and tests of nuclear ramjet engines

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5214404· OSTI ID:5214404

Hicks, H G

This report presents calculated gamma radiation exposure rates and ground deposition of related radionuclides resulting from three types of event that deposited detectable radioactivity outside the Nevada Test Site complex, namely, underground nuclear detonations, tests of nuclear rocket engines and tests of nuclear ramjet engines.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5214404
• Report Number(s): UCRL-53228; ON: DE82012528; TRN: 82-013937
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FISSION PRODUCTS
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NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SPACE PROPULSION REACTORS
DEPOSITION
DOSE RATES
GAMMA RADIATION
NEVADA TEST SITE
RADIOISOTOPES
RAMJET ENGINES
ROCKET ENGINES
TEST REACTORS
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENGINES
EXPLOSIONS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
MOBILE REACTORS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POWER REACTORS
PROPULSION REACTORS
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
SPACE POWER REACTORS
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US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
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