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This project was designed by the Corps of Engineers to evaluate the protection afforded by foxholes against the gamma radiation emitted by atomic weapons detonated on the surface and beneath the ground. Film dosimeters were used to measure total gamma ray doses at different depths in one and two-man foxholes as well as in soil pipes sunk into the ground. The film dosimeters were contained in National Bureau of Standards' type holders and responded to gamma radiation of energy greater than 120 Kev. In the report, all doses are given in terms of roentgens and a reading of 650r (roentgens) is taken as the lethal dose; that is, the dose which will cause death to nearly 100% of exposed personnel.
This project was designed by the Corps of Engineers to evaluate the protection afforded by foxholes against the gamma radiation emitted by atomic weapons detonated on the surface and beneath the ground. Film dosimeters were used to measure total gamma ray doses at different depths in one and two-man foxholes as well as in soil pipes sunk into the ground. The film dosimeters were contained in National Bureau of Standards' type holders and responded to gamma radiation of energy greater than 120 Kev. In the report, all doses are given in terms of roentgens and a reading of 650r (roentgens) is taken as the lethal dose; that is, the dose which will cause death to nearly 100% of exposed personnel.
Foxhole Shielding of gamma Radiation
T. G. Walsh (author)
1952
21 pages
Report
No indication
English
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