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Evaluation of 2 possible further developments of the UK in-flight radiation warning meter for SSTSA mass reduction of the moderator and the response to the nucleon flux, responsible for the tissue-star component of the total-dose equivalent rate using a high atomic number material, are discussed. Radiation situations at SST cruising altitudes (approximately 20 km) due to solar proton flares were simulated in the stratosphere and on the ground. Actual stratospheric situations due to galactic cosmic radiation with a limited range of quality factor values (2-4) were encountered during slow ascents by balloons to 36 km. Synthetic situations obtained from high and low energy acclerator radiations were used to obtain radiation distributions having a larger range of quality factor values (11/2-9) than experienced in the stratosphere. The measurements made in these simulations related to the directly ionizing, neutron and tissue-star components of dose-equivalent rate. Due to the restricted range of neutron spectra encountered in the stratosphere, a significant mass reduction of the moderator by 4 kg was made, with the moderator clad with cadmium or some other slow neutron absorber.
Document ID
19720010069
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wilson, I. J.
(Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Aldermaston, United Kingdom)
Eustace, R. C.
(Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Aldermaston, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Washington Proc. of the Natl. Symp. on Nat. and Manmade Radiation in Space
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
72N17719
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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