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Article #860Re: Nuclear Detonation Q's
From: Henry Shaw 510 423-4645
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 20:09
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 20:09
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In article <132636@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>, shaw@s119.es.llnl.gov (Henry Shaw 510 423-4645) writes: |>... Nevertheless, the isotope that will result |> in the largest effective dose equivalent commitment to the global population is C-14, which is |> not a fission product (except in minor amounts via ternary fission), but the result of (n, alpha) |> reactions on N-14 in the air. (see Ionizing Radiation: Sources and Biological Effects, 1982, |> United Nations Scientific COmmittee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, pp. 19-20, and p. 211ff) oops... my brain short-circuited. Make that an (n,p) reaction on N-14 in air. The (n, alpha) reaction producing C-14 is on O-17, which is a low abundance isotope and does not contribute a whole lot to the C-14 produced. -- Henry Shaw, Earth Sciences Dept., LLNL | All opinions are my own. Internet: shaw4@llnl.gov | CIS: 76347,2523 | Fidonet: Henry Shaw at 1:161/55 |
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