Equipment level fallout radiation-effects approach. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Feb 10 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5937801

National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 97 and Executive Order (EO) 12472 call for the ability to maintain National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) communication capabilities in times of national disaster, which includes a nuclear attack. The Office of the Manager, National Communications System (OMNCS) sponsors the Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Mitigation Program to evaluate and, where possible, mitigate the effects of the nuclear attack. Fallout radiation has been identified as an environment that may effect the performance of the regional and national telecommunication system. This report presents the investigations in the network-level fallout radiation methodology used to determine the effects of this environment. Alternative techniques are presented to improve the methodology.

• Research Organization: Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc., Bethesda, MD (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5937801
• Report Number(s): AD-A-206971/4/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450202* -- Explosions & Explosives-- Nuclear-- Weaponry-- (-1989)
COMMUNICATIONS
DISASTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EMERGENCY PLANS
EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
MITIGATION
NATIONAL DEFENSE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
PULSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
WARFARE