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Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by Typical Oak Ridge Homes Against Distributed Sources
The protection afforded against simulated fallout radiation has been evaluated for several typical homes in the Oak Ridge area. Nine houses were chosen to represent a variety of construction materials, topographical conditions, and sizes; they included three types of Oak Ridge Cemesto houses, one concrete-block house with a basement 'fallout shelter,' and two woodframe houses. The protection factor (ratio of open-field exposure dose rate to exposure dose rate in the house) in all these houses ranged from 2 to 5 on the main floor and from 5 to 30 in the basements, except in the fallout shelter, where the protection factor was greater than 100. The analysis showed that sloping lots, common to Oak Ridge, do not appreciably affect the protection factor for the main floor. Owing to the generally increased exposure of the basement walls on such lots, the protection factors in the basements were typically lower than in similar basements built on level lots.
Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by Typical Oak Ridge Homes Against Distributed Sources
The protection afforded against simulated fallout radiation has been evaluated for several typical homes in the Oak Ridge area. Nine houses were chosen to represent a variety of construction materials, topographical conditions, and sizes; they included three types of Oak Ridge Cemesto houses, one concrete-block house with a basement 'fallout shelter,' and two woodframe houses. The protection factor (ratio of open-field exposure dose rate to exposure dose rate in the house) in all these houses ranged from 2 to 5 on the main floor and from 5 to 30 in the basements, except in the fallout shelter, where the protection factor was greater than 100. The analysis showed that sloping lots, common to Oak Ridge, do not appreciably affect the protection factor for the main floor. Owing to the generally increased exposure of the basement walls on such lots, the protection factors in the basements were typically lower than in similar basements built on level lots.
Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by Typical Oak Ridge Homes Against Distributed Sources
T. D. Strickler (author) / J. A. Auxler (author)
1960
51 pages
Report
No indication
English
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