Document Details
Title:
ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVITY FROM NUCLEAR TESTS UP TO NOVEMBER 1958 - GRD RESEARCH NOTES NO. 19
Author(s):
Document Location:
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
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1959 Sep 30
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0020
Accession Number:
NV0027246
Document Number(s):
AFCRCTN59444
Originating Research Org.:
AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTER
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE PRODUCTION OF FISSION PRODUCTS, CARBON-14 AND TRITIUM IN ALL UNITE D STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SOVIET NUCLEAR TESTS UP TO THE END OF 19 58 IS SUMMARIZED AND DISCUSSED. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE ATMOSPHERIC-MIXI NG HISTORY AND WORLD-WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF FALLOUT ARE OUTLINED. SOME M AJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND SOVIET TESTS ARE POINTED OU T. NUCLEAR TRACER EXPERIMENTS WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER UNDERSTA NDING OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND FALLOUT ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED.