Living with Radiation: Fire service problemsSafety & Fire Protection Branch, Office of Industrial Relations, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1959 - Počet stran: 199 |
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Strana 139 - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio...
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Strana 120 - AEC office of the accident (and of the type of vehicle involved) and give them any information available as to whether nuclear weapons could be or are involved. They will in turn dispatch their own men to the scene of the accident and notify the Joint Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center as appropriate. In addition, pending arrival of the special team, the activity called will provide advice regarding the incident. 3- Clear area of all nonessential personnel to a distance of at least 1,500 feet or...
Strana 120 - In saving lives, use any immediately available method to prevent smoke from affecting your eyes and throat. Although there may be a toxic, caustic, or minor radioactive hazard in the smoke, short incursions are not likely to be serious and will not be lethal. If it has proved necessary to enter the vicinity of the smoke around the fire, report subsequently to the special team after their arrival for monitoring and possible decontamination. 5. Do not try to fight a fire if it is believed ammunition...
Strana 118 - ... be treated as would accidents or fires involving conventional high explosives. The following is a summary of knowledge concerning high explosives and their danger and should be applied to atomic weapons where appropriate. (1) Detonation. — In any accident involving a high explosive there is some possibility of a detonation occurring. The detonation may range from a very small one to one of considerable magnitude or it may be a series of small explosions. The breakup of the weapon due to impact...
Strana 122 - Personnel approaching an accident in which it is believed an atomic weapon is involved should: a. Attempt to save lives where possible; otherwise keep away from accident area.
Strana 118 - ... the high explosives, and (2) the plutonium. Other components may produce hazards, but they are of such a nature that precautions taken against explosives and plutonium are more than sufficient for their control. It should be kept in mind that accidents involving nuclear weapons or components will usually involve other materials in more widespread use, such as gasoline or other volatile and explosive fuels. If fire occurs, acrid, suffocating, and toxic fumes and smoke will probably be generated...
Strana 120 - The Department of Defense and the US Atomic Energy Commission have specially trained and equipped Radiological Assistance Teams prepared to deal with all aspects of accidents involving atomic weapons. These teams include ordnance disposal personnel and decontamination facilities. Their assistance may be obtained by contacting the nearest military or AEC installation.
Strana 120 - Organize other witnesses to keep sightseers away from the accident. In the open, an exclusion distance of 1,500 feet should be established because of the potential hazards from the direct blast effects of a detonation of conventional high explosives, but cover must be taken even at this range from secondary missiles flung into the air by the explosion. If there has been no explosion and it is suspected that a bomb is involved, there may still be an explosion. Except for the purpose of saving lives,...
Strana 121 - Do not use foam on a bomb where it will act to trap heat inside. Foam is an insulator and may act to retain sufficient heat to detonate the bomb. (5) If weapon is engulfed in flames or if the high explosive is burning (torching), clear area out to at least 1,500 feet of all personnel; do not attempt to fight fires. (6) Avoid smoke and clear downwind area; but if dense smoke must be encountered for long periods of time, dust filtering masks, goggles, or breathing apparatus should be used. These are...