DS86: new dosimetry for Hiroshima and Nagasaki

A summary is given of Volume 1 of the Final Report of the US-Japan Joint Re-assessment of Atomic Bomb Radiation Dosimetry in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (DS86 Dosimetry System 86) published in 1987 by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation. The nine chapters include topics covering the yield of the bombs, the calculation and verification of source terms, the transport of initial radiations in air over ground, thermoluminescence measurements of gamma-rays, measurements of neutron fluences, radiation doses from residual activity, house and terrain shielding, organ dosimetry and computerized dosimetry system 86. (U.K.)