Comparative nuclear effects of biomedical interest. Civil effects study

Technical Report · Thu Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 1961

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/150771· OSTI ID:150771

White, C S; Bowen, I G; Richmond, D R; Corsbie, R L

Selected physical and biological data bearing upon the environmental variations created by nuclear explosions are presented in simplified form. Emphasis is placed upon the ``early`` consequences of exposure to blast, thermal radiation, and ionizing radiation to elucidate the comparative ranges of the major effects as they vary with explosive yield and as they contribute to the total hazard to man. A section containing brief definitions of the terminology employed is followed by a section that utilizes text and tabular material to set forth events that follow nuclear explosions and the varied responses of exposed physical and biological materials. Finally, selected quantitative weapons-effects data in graphic and tabular form are presented over a wide range of explosive yields to show the relative distances from Ground Zero affected by significant levels of blast overpressures, thermal fluxes, and initial and residual penetrating ionizing radiations. However, only the ``early`` rather than the ``late`` effects of the latter are considered.

• Research Organization: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 150771
• Report Number(s): CEX-58.8; ON: DE95013626
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 12 Jan 1961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
BLAST EFFECTS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
RADIOBIOLOGY
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BURNS
MORTALITY
RADIATION INJURIES
RETINA
SKIN
ACUTE EXPOSURE
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS
FALLOUT