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Atmospheric Nuclear Tests

Environmental and Human Consequences

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Charles S. Shapiro

    1. Department of Physics, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA

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  • The first joint presentation of an overall view of the nuclear weapon testing programs of the former Soviet Union and the United States
  • Provides new opportunities to compare and validate existing models of radiation transport and migration, to construct new models, and to plan for an international database

Part of the book series: Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 2 (ASEN, volume 35)

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  4. Source Term Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Some Characteristics of Atmospheric Nuclear Tests at the USSR Test Sites (1949–1962)

      • Anatoly Matushchenko, Alexander Chernushev, Konstantin Kharitonov, Victor Mikhailov, Georgy Tsyrkov, Sergey Zelentsov et al.
      Pages 63-68

    3. The LLNL Nevada Test Site Underground Radionuclide Source-Term Inventory

      • John F. Wild, Wataru Goishi, Jesse W. Meadows, M. N. Namboodiri, David K. Smith
      Pages 69-77

  5. Dose Reconstruction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Long Range Atmospheric Transport of Radioactive Products from Nuclear Explosions Conducted in the USA, USSR, France and China after 1963

      • Alexey Ryaboshapko, Yuri Izrael, Eugeny Stukin, Yuri Tsaturov, Sergey Vakulovsky
      Pages 81-94

    3. Methodological Approaches to the Reconstruction of Radioactive Fallout Patterns and Radiation Burdens from Nuclear Explosions

      • Yury Izrael, Igor Nazarov, Eugeny Stukin, Shepa Fridman, Yury Tsaturov, Viktor Petrov et al.
      Pages 95-104

    4. Radionuclides Deposition Over the Territories Adjacent to the Semipalatinsk Test Site According to the Data of Geophysical Surveys Carried Out in 1960s and 1990s

      • Eugeny Stukin, Yuri Izrael
      Pages 105-112

    5. A Model for Nuclear Explosion Cloud Movement and Fallout Estimation

      • Z. Yi, Y. Mao, J.-C. Li, B. Liu
      Pages 113-119

    6. Assessment of Internal Radiation Dose from the Fallout of Nuclear Explosions

      • C. Ye
      Pages 121-125

    7. Overview of the Department of Energy’s Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project (ORERP)

      • B. W. Church, D. L. Wheeler, C. M. Campbell, R. V. Nutley, L. R. Anspaugh
      Pages 127-138

    8. Historical Estimates of External γ Exposure and Collective External γ Exposure from Testing at the Nevada Test Site. II. Test Series After Hardtack II, 1958, and Summary

      • Lynn R. Anspaugh, Yvonne E. Ricker, Stuart C. Black, R. Frank Grossman, David L. Wheeler, Bruce W. Church et al.
      Pages 139-150

    9. Estimates of Fallout in the Continental U.S. from Nevada Weapons Testing Based on Gummed-Film Monitoring Data

      • Harold L. Beck, Irene K. Helfer, André Bouville, Mona Dreicer
      Pages 151-167

    10. Models of Radioiodine Transport to Populations Within the Continental U.S.

      • Andre Bouville, Mona Dreicer, Harold L. Beck, Walter H. Hoecker, Bruce W. Wachholz
      Pages 169-184

    11. External Exposure Estimates for Individuals Near the Nevada Test Site

      • R. W. Henderson, R. F. Smale
      Pages 185-194

    12. Assessment of the Potential Radiological Impact of Residual Contamination in the Maralinga and Emu Areas

      • S. M. Haywood, J. Smith
      Pages 195-195

  6. Ecological and Health Consequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. Semipalatinsk and Northern Test Sites in the USSR: Integrated Program of Radiation and Ecological Studies of the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Tests

      • Yu. S. Tsaturov, A. M. Matushchenko, Yu. V. Dubasov, G. A. Krasilov, B. A. Logachev, A. L. Maltsev et al.
      Pages 199-218
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Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts:
- Source Term Studies;
- Dose Reconstruction;
- Ecological and Health Effects,
and comprises both Western and formerly secret Soviet research studies, illuminates past and current research.

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  • Department of Physics, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA

    Charles S. Shapiro

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