Technical Concept-Operation Bren (open access)

Technical Concept-Operation Bren

From Abstract: "The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Health Physics Research Reactor is to be attached to a hoist platform on a 1500-ft tower at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The project is a continuation of the studies commenced in 1956 for evaluating the radiation doses of persons exposed to nuclear weapons, especially the residents of Hiroshima and Nagaski, Japan. Measurements will be made of the energy, angular, and spatial distributions of the radiation from the reactor."
Date: December 1961
Creator: Auxier, J. A.; Sanders, F. W.; Haywood, F. F.; Thorngate, J. H. & Cheka, J. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Roughness Effects on the Energy and Angular Distribution of Gamma Radiation From Fallout (open access)

Ground Roughness Effects on the Energy and Angular Distribution of Gamma Radiation From Fallout

Report examining "[t]he effect of ground roughness, or surface irregularities, on the radiation field above ground which had been contaminated with fallout from the explosion in the atmosphere of a nuclear device (Smallboy Event)" (p. v).
Date: December 1963
Creator: Huddleston, C. M.; Burson, Z. G.; Kinkaid, R. M. & Klingler, Q. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barrier Attenuation of Air-Scattered Gamma Radiation (open access)

Barrier Attenuation of Air-Scattered Gamma Radiation

Report of a study that "was conducted to determine the attenuation provided by vertical and horizontal barriers exposed only to skyshine radiation from cobalt-60 and cesium-137 sources. Materials of steel, aluminum, concrete, and wood were used as barriers" (p. 5).
Date: December 1964
Creator: Burson, Z. G. & Summers, R. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Norfolk-Peninsula Area (ARMS-II) (open access)

Norfolk-Peninsula Area (ARMS-II)

From Introduction: "The ARMS-II Norfolk - Peninsula area survey was one many that have been flown for the CETO since the nationwide ARMS program was started (1958). Figure 2 shows the location of the areas that have been completed to date. The purpose of the program is to measure the present environmental levels of gamma radiation in areas around nuclear facilities and planned nuclear activities."
Date: December 6, 1961
Creator: Guillou, R. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Plates 1-3: Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Norfolk-Peninsula Area

Maps of four quadrants in the Norfolk-Peninsula area surveyed as part of a radiological survey, outlining "Radioactivity levels in hundreds of counts per second normalized to 500 ft above ground." Scale 1:250,000.
Date: December 6, 1961
Creator: Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Savannah River Plant Area, South Carolina and Georgia (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Savannah River Plant Area, South Carolina and Georgia (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne radioactivity survey that took place in the 10,000 square mile area near Augusta, Georgia. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: December 1960
Creator: Schmidt, Robert G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Plate. Natural Gamma Aeroradioactivity of the Savannah River Plant Area, South Carolina and Georgia

Map with graded color shading to show levels of naturally-occurring gamma aeroradioactivity within the Savannah River Plant Area, South Carolina and Georgia, along with explanatory text. Scale 1:250,000.
Date: December 1960
Creator: Schmidt, Robert G.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library