AEC Group Shelter (open access)

AEC Group Shelter

Report regarding the study of an underground group-shelter meant to protect against nuclear blasts, radiation, and fallout. The report presents a design for such a shelter, the minimum requirements that such a shelter should meet, a description of its facilities, illustrations, and an operating manual.
Date: January 1960
Creator: Holmes & Narver
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Nuclear Effects of Biomedical Interest (open access)

Comparative Nuclear Effects of Biomedical Interest

Report containing environmental consequences of nuclear explosions with a primary focus on early effects such as exposure to blasts and radiation. Includes definitions of terms, the progression of an explosion, and graphs depicting the relationship between the effects of blasts and the distance of material from Ground Zero.
Date: September 1960
Creator: White, Clayton S.; Bowen, I. Gerald; Richmond, Donald R. & Corsbie, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: [Part] 1. Theoretical Analysis, Design, and Operation of a Revised System (open access)

Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: [Part] 1. Theoretical Analysis, Design, and Operation of a Revised System

Report containing an analysis of the Aerial Radiological Monitoring Survey (ARMS) program detailing the feasibility of improvements. Includes suggestions for revisions of the existing ARMS system.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Merian, R. F.; Lackey, J. G. & Hand, J. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods and Techniques of Fallout Studies Using a Particulate Simulant (open access)

Methods and Techniques of Fallout Studies Using a Particulate Simulant

From Abstract: "These data are important for personnel protection on a national basis in the event of war and on a local basis in the event of certain types of nuclear accidents. This report discusses the need for such information and suggests methods for obtaining it."
Date: August 1960
Creator: Lee, William & Borella, Henry
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determinations of Aerodynamic-Drag Parameters of Small Irregular Objects by Means of Drop Tests (open access)

Determinations of Aerodynamic-Drag Parameters of Small Irregular Objects by Means of Drop Tests

Report concerning the results of an experiment that determined the masses and velocities of over 20,000 objects and laboratory animals by simulating the blast winds of nuclear explosions.
Date: June 1960
Creator: Fletcher, E. R.; Albright, R. W.; Goldizen, V. C. & Bowen, I. G.
Object Type: Report
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