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General Instructions for Recovery of Radioactive Contaminated Equipment

Description: Abstract: This document outlines the essentials of the planning and action necessary for the recovery of radioactive contaminated equipment following a radiological disaster. It lists the records which should be collected before a disaster and discusses the training of personnel for recovery teams. Radiation doses, radiation indicators, and protective clothing are all treated in a general fashion. Procedures are given for the actual recovery of equipment, with emphasis on personnel safety. Deco… more
Date: 1959?
Creator: Sandia Corporation
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effects of Nuclear War

Description: An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) examining "the full range of effects that nuclear war would have on civilians: direct effects from blast and radiation; and indirect effects from economic, social, and political disruption" (Foreward).
Date: May 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Civil defense]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a civil defense system training exercise held at a shelter in the Dallas Museum of Natural History.
Date: April 22, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Disaster]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a civil defense exercise to prepare for an atomic bomb held at the Harris Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: May 3, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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