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Introduction to self-induced rainout

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6163450· OSTI ID:6163450
Self-induced rainout is the rapid scavenging and deposition of radioactive weapons debris by a precipitating convective cloud. It is caused by detonation of a nuclear weapon. Results from a theoretical calculation using a cloud scavenging model indicate that self-induced rainout can occur in appropriate atmospheric conditions. Observational evidence from Hiroshima and Nagasaki indicate that self-induced rainout may have occurred in those cities.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
6163450
Report Number(s):
UCRL-52669
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

500300* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ASIA
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CLOUDS
DOSES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FALLOUT
HIROSHIMA
JAPAN
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NAGASAKI
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOACTIVE CLOUDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
WASHOUT
WEAPONS