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Air Force Institute of Technology

Low-level radiation--Dose-response relationship

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High Resolution Mesoscale Weather Data Improvement To Spatial Effects For Doserate Contour Plot Predictions, Christopher P. Jones Mar 2007

High Resolution Mesoscale Weather Data Improvement To Spatial Effects For Doserate Contour Plot Predictions, Christopher P. Jones

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Reanalysis weather data is obtained for dates surrounding historical nuclear tests and processed through Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) software to produce a high-resolution weather forecast. Output from RAMS is visualized to check for validity and input into Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability (HPAC) software and modeled predictions are compared to historical observation data. Simulations are conducted using constant high resolution weather and varying terrain resolution. The HPAC prediction is numerically compared to historical observation data. The result of this research culminated in the knowledge that early-time, low-altitude wind data was neglected by HPAC's incorporation of the Defense Land Fallout …


Total Dose Effects Of Ionizing And Non-Ionizing Radiation On Piezoresistive Pressure Transducer Chips, Samuel J. Willmon Mar 2003

Total Dose Effects Of Ionizing And Non-Ionizing Radiation On Piezoresistive Pressure Transducer Chips, Samuel J. Willmon

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The effects of ionizing and non ionizing radiation on the resistivity of silicon based, piezoresistive bulk micro-machined chips from pressure transducers were examined. Standard current-voltage (I-V) measurements were taken in-situ and post-irradiation during isothermal annealing at room temperature. One group of chips was irradiated to a maximum total gamma dose of lMrad(Si) in the 11,000 Ci (60) Co gamma cell at Ohio State University. The second group of chips was irradiated at the Ohio State University Research Reactor facility to a maximum total neutron dose of 4 Mrad(Si) using beam port Hi. The resistivity was shown to decrease during gamma …