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Extension of UCRL-50936 (13 case studies) as requested by PNE, USAEC

Description: This report provides a reassessment of the Kra Canal Project as prepared in December 1972. This reassessment differs in that thirty- four salvos with a total yield of about 170 MT were assumed; acceptable firing days were selected from actual meteorological data when the winds at all levels up to the expected debris cloud top blew toward the west plus or minus thirty degrees; and the lead in the devices was assumed to be from monazite sand. The doses are considerably less than those estimated i… more
Date: January 29, 1973
Creator: Peterson, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Extension of UCRL-50936 (13 case studies) as requested by PNE, USAEC

Description: This report contains a reassessment of the Kra Canal Project. This latest assessment differs from the original study in that: Thirty- four salvos with a total yield of about 170 MT were assumed; `Acceptable` firing days were selected from actual meteorological data when the winds at all levels up to the expected debris cloud top blew toward the west, +/- 30 degrees; and the lead in the devices was assumed to be from monazite sand. The doses are considerably less than those estimated in the earl… more
Date: January 29, 1973
Creator: Batzel, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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