Neutron dosimetry of the Little Boy device

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5396374

Pederson, R A; Plassmann, E A

Neutron dose rates at several angular locations and at distances out to 0.5 mile have been measured during critical operation of the Little Boy replica. We used modified remmetes and thermoluminescent dosimetry techniques for the measurements. The present status of our analysis is presented including estimates of the neutron-dose-relaxation length in air and the variation of the neutron-to-gamma-ray dose ratio with distance from the replica. These results are preliminary and are subject to detector calibration measurements.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5396374
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-83-3593; CONF-840202-9; ON: DE84004317
• Resource Relation: Conference: 17. midyear topical meeting of the Health Physics Society, Pasco, WA, USA, 5 Feb 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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