Availability and Use of Emergency Power Sources in the Early Postattack Period

摘要

The study for the Office of Civil Defense concerns the identification and use of emergency power sources both conventional and unconventional in the early postattack period. The demand for emergency power during the early postattack period was characterized as was various candidate emergency power sources, a comparison of the two were made and the feasible emergency power sources were selected for further study. An inventory of the emergency power sources in the country was performed and methods of utilizing the power sources were delineated. A statistical study of the demand and response capability for emergency power was made using synthesized 'typical' cities. Case studies of two real cities were performed to determine actual demand and response capabilities for emergency power and then compared with the results of the typical city analysis. The cost and benefits of emergency power as related to civil defense effort were discussed. (Author)