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Fallout gamma radiation dose rates and doses for a burst with a total yield of 2 Mt and a fission yield of 1 Mt (hence 50% fission), edited from Glasstone and Dolan, The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Department of Defense, December 1977. Based on 24 km/hour (15 miles/hour) mean wind speed. Shows and compares dose contours with dose rate contours for various times. Based on DELFIC (Defence Land Fallout Interpretative Code) calculations which are consistent with U.S. and British nuclear test fallout data.

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current	15:19, 20 April 2006	703×510 (50 KB)	Photocopier (Talk \| contribs)	(Fallout illustrations for a burst with a total yield of 2 Mt and a fission yield of 1 Mt (hence 50% fission), edited from Glasstone and Dolan, ''The Effects of Nuclear Weapons'', U.S. Department of Defense, December 1977. Shows and compares dose contours)