Historical Estimates of External Gamma Exposure and Collective External Gamma Exposure From Testing at the Nevada Test Site. I. Test Series Through Hardtack II, 1958
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Health Physics
- Vol. 51 (1) , 35-51
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-198607000-00003
Abstract
In 1959, the Test Manager''s Committee to Establish Fallout Doses calculated estimated external .gamma. exposure at populated locations based upon measurements of external .gamma.-exposure rate. Using these calculations and estimates of population, we have tabulated the collective estimated external .gamma. exposures for communities within established fallout patterns. The total collective estimated external .gamma. exposure is 85,000 person-R. The greatest collective exposures occurred in three general areas: Saint George, UT [USA]: Ely, NV [USA]; and Las Vegas, NV [USA]. Three events, HARRY (19 May 1953), BEE (22 March 1955), and SMOKY (31 August 1957), accounted for more than half the total collective estimated external .gamma. exposure. The bases of the calculational models for external .gamma. exposure of "infinite exposure", "estimated exposure", and "1-yr effective biological exposure" are explained.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: