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Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of Southeastern New York and Southern New England (ARMS-I)

Description: Report concerning "[a]n airborne gamma-radiation survey of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and parts of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont" (p. 5) made between 1958 and 1960 that indicated that a broad range of radioactivity exists in those areas depending on the type of bedrock. Correlations are drawn between this radioactivity and the geology of the region.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Popenoe, Peter
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Aerial Radiological Monitoring System: Part 3. Electronic Processing of ARMS-II Data

Description: Report detailing the instrumentation and system performance of the Aerial Radiological Monitoring Survey (ARMS-II), a system used "to perform aerial surveys of ground radioactivity. It supplies both geographical position and radioactivity data in digital form, suitable for use with automatic plotting procedures" (p. 5)
Date: October 1961
Creator: Hand, J. E. & Borella, H. M.
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Experimental Radiation Measurements in Conventional Structures: Part 1, Radiation Measurements in Two Two-Story and Three One-Story Typical Residential Structures Before and After Modification

Description: Report discussing the methods, data, and analysis of results for "An experimental study designed to provide a basis for estimating protection against fallout radiation " (p. v) using one- and two-story structures with basements.
Date: July 1966
Creator: Burson, Z. G.
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An Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by a Large Modern Concrete Office Building

Description: Abstract: "An experimental study was made to determine the effective shielding provided by a modern reinforced-concrete office building (AEC Headquarters building) from nuclear fallout. Pocket ionization chambers were used for measurement of the radiation-field strength. Fallout was simulated with distributed and point-source configurations of Co-60 and Ir-192 sources. Four typical sections were selected for study, and experiments were performed on each. These included an external wing with exp… more
Date: May 1, 1959
Creator: Batter, J. F., Jr.; Kaplan, A. L. & Clarke, Eric Thacher

Plate 1 - Areoradioactivity and Generalized Geologic Map of Parts of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts

Description: Map with graded color shading to show levels of naturally-occurring gamma aeroradioactivity in an area of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, along with an inset geologic sketch of the same region. Explanatory text about the survey and map creation are printed at right. Scale 1:250,000.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Popenoe, Peter
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Figure 2.3: Arms-II Computer-Program and Data-Processing Monitor

Description: Flowchart outlining the event sequencing in the "MAIN" program (primary body of operational instructions which accepts data, routines data to sequential manipulations, prints data, etc.) within the Aerial Radiological Monitoring Survey (ARMS-II) system. The ARMS-II system is used "to perform aerial surveys of ground radioactivity. It supplies both geographical position and radioactivity data in digital form, suitable for use with automatic plotting procedures" (p. 5, report)
Date: October 1961
Creator: Hand, J. E. & Borella, H. M.
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