Air-over-ground calculations of the neutron, prompt, and secondary-gamma free-in-air tissue kerma from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki devices

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5217281

Pace, III, J V; Knight, J R; Bartine, D E

This paper reports preliminary results of the two-dimensional discrete-ordinate, calculations for the air-over-ground transport of radiation from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki weapon devices. It was found that the gamma-ray kerma dominated the total kerma for both environments.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5217281
• Report Number(s): CONF-820609-70; ON: DE82017422
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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