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OPERATION TEAPOT, NEVADA TEST SITE, FEBRUARY - MAY 1955, PROJECT 2.8A, CONTACT RADIATION HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH CONTAMINATED AIRCRAFT

CRUMLEY, P M; DICK, J L; KAERICHER, K C; NICHOLSON, W J; BANKS, J E; PINSON, E A

Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV

REPORT

1955 Feb 28

Declassified

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NV0006183

WT1122

ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT

1994 Aug 26

2003 Sep 18

THIS PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN READINGS MADE WITH STANDARD GAMMA SURVEY METERS AND THE EFFEC TIVE CONTACT RADIATION HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH CONTAMINATED AIRCRAFT. COMPLETE SURVEYS OF CONTAMINATED AIRPLANES WERE MADE WITH THE T1B, JUN O, AND PDR-27C, AND THESE READINGS WERE COMPARED TO SURFACE DOSE RATES TAKEN WITH SPECIAL INSTRUMENTATION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM WHICH WERE P REPARED IN SUCH A WAY TO MEASURE EMPIRICALLY THE MAXIMUM RADIATION DOS E RATE THE MOST SENSITIVE TISSUES OF THE HUMAN BODY WOULD EXPERIENCE I F CONTACT WERE MADE BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE CONTAMINATED SURFACES. P RELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE DATA INDICATES THAT MULTIPLICATION FACTORS OF 90 FOR THE IMPINGEMENT SURFACES AND 40 FOR OTHER SURFACES APPLIED T O SURFACE T1B GAMMA READINGS WILL GIVE PRACTICAL EFFECTIVE SURFACE DOS E RATES OF TOTAL RADIATION ON THE AREAS OF INTEREST. FURTHER STUDIES INVOLVING THE PROTECTIVE EFFICIENCY OF GLOVES SHOWED THAT A DOUBLE PAI R OF GLOVES, THIN BROADCLOTH OVER RUBBER SURGICAL, PROVIDED THE MOST P RACTICAL HAND COVERING. IT WAS LIGHT, FLEXIBLE, AND DURABLE, AND REDU CED THE RADIATION DOSE RATE BY ABOUT 35 PERCENT.