The Design and Performance of a Fallouttested Manned Shelter Station and Its Suitability as a Single-Family Shelter

摘要

The design details, cost analysis and performance characteristics are presented for small, partiallyunderground fallout shelters utilized as manned stations during a nuclear weapon effects test. Four men occupied each shelter and operated radiation measurement and fallout collection instruments. Two types of shelters were designed to withstand predicted overpressures: Type I for a 1-psi overpressure and Type II for a 5-psi overpressure. The basic structure consisted of an 8-ft diameter, 10-ft long, 12-gage corrugated steel, multi-plate pipe. A steel entranceway incorporating two right-angle turns provided access to the basic structure. Depending upon the amount of soil backfill, fallout gamma radiation protection factors up to 470,000 were obtained. The overall performance of the shelters under the conditions experienced was excellent. It is suggested that shelters of this type have application not only for use as manned stations in nuclear weapon testing but can be adapted as well for use in residential areas as single-family fallout shelters. (Author)