Published 1986
| Version v1
Book
Radioactive fallout
Creators
- 1. San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA
Description
Potential radiation doses from several scenarios involving nuclear attack on an unsheltered United States population are calculated for local, intermediate time scale and long-term fallout. Dose estimates are made for both a normal atmosphere and an atmosphere perturbed by smoke produced by massive fires. A separate section discusses the additional doses from nuclear fuel facilities, were they to be targeted in an attack. Finally, in an appendix the direct effects of fallout on humans are considered. These include effects of sheltering and biological repair of damage from chronic doses
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- National Academy Press.
- Imprint Place
- Washington, DC (USA)
- ISBN
- 0-444-86810-0
- Imprint Title
- The medical implications of nuclear war
- Journal Page Range
- p. 167-206.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18079258
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL REPAIR; CUMULATIVE RADIATION EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FALLOUT DEPOSITS; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; GLOBAL FALLOUT; HUMAN POPULATIONS; ION DOSIMETRY; LOCAL FALLOUT; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR FIREBALLS; USA
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; DATA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOSIMETRY; EXPLOSIONS; FALLOUT; INFORMATION; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUMERICAL DATA; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS