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
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
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