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Title | OPERATION PLAN AND HAZARDS REPORT-OPERATION BREN |
Creator/Author | Sanders, F.W. ; Haywood, F.F. ; Lundin, M.I. ; Gilley, L.W. ; Cheka, J.S. ; Ward, D.R. |
Publication Date | 1962 Jan 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 4783697 |
Report Number(s) | CEX-62.02 |
Resource Type | Technical Report |
Research Org | Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. |
Subject | HEALTH AND SAFETY; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BREN; BUILDINGS; COBALT 60; DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY LEVELS; GAMMA RADIATION; HIROSHIMA; HPRR; LEVELS; MAN; MEASURED VALUES; MOCKUP; NAGASAKI; NEVADA TEST SITE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; RESEARCH REACTORS; SAFETY; SHIELDING; TESTING; USES |
Description/Abstract | Operation BREN is a continuation of the studies begun in 1956 for evaluating the radiation doses received by persons exposed to nuclear weapons, especially the residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Health Physics Research Reactor (HPRR) will be mounted in a hoist car on the side of a 1500-ft tower in Area 4 of the Nevada Test Site and will be operated at various elevations. When experiments utilizing the reactor are completed, a 1200-curie Co/sup60/ gamma-ray source will be substituted for the reactor. Measurements of the energy, angular, and spacial distributions of the radiations from these sources will be performed. Various shields, including facsimiles of Japanese houses typical of those in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, will be studied. These experiments are organized into Program 1. Other selected programs that can utilize the radiation fields available on a noninterference basis are included as parts of the Operation. Descriptions of the HPRR and the Co/sup 60/ source, their operating procedures, the manner in which they will be used, and possible hazards are included. (auth) |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 106 |
System Entry Date | 2001 Jun 03 |
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