Fast-Neutron and Gamma Spectrum and Dose in Beryllium Oxide (open access)

Fast-Neutron and Gamma Spectrum and Dose in Beryllium Oxide

This report follows a series of tests run to determine the shielding properties of beryllium oxide, conducted at the Battelle Lid-Tank Shielding Facility. Neutron and gamma penetrations through and behind beryllium oxide were measured.
Date: January 11, 1961
Creator: Klingensmith, Raymond W.; Jung, Richard G.; Lindgren, William A.; Epstein, Harold M. & Chastain, Joel W., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by Typical Oak Ridge Homes Against Distributed Sources (open access)

Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by Typical Oak Ridge Homes Against Distributed Sources

Report regarding experiments made to determine the fallout-radiation protection offered by several typical homes in the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, area.
Date: January 1960
Creator: Strickler, T. D. & Auxier, J. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library