U.S. Atlas of Nuclear Fallout, 1951-1970, Vol. 2: County Comparisons - Softcover

Miller Faia, Richard L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1881043290 ISBN 13: 9781881043294

Publisher: Two Sixty Press, 2006

Synopsis

County Comparisons was written in response to a letter from a reader who said she only wanted to know one thing: when did the fallout land in her back yard? And how did her county rate in comparison with all the other counties in the United States? It was a simple question, but not easy to answer. It was first necessary to rank the counties in terms of local fallout for 1951 through 1970. After determining when the fallout descended on the counties, it was necessary to rank the counties by dates. And there were over 400 dates in which fallout occurred. After months of number-crunching, the results finally appeared. Now, readers would be able to learn not only when the nuclear fallout came down--along with the quantity--but how their county ranked against all the other counties in the United States for fallout on that particular day.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book is the second volume of a five-volume series: U.S. ATLAS OF NUCLEAR FALLOUT 1951-1970: Volume 1: GENERAL READER EDITION ISBN 978-1-881043-13-3; Volume 2: COUNTY COMPARISONS ISBN 978-1-881043-29-4; Volume 3: EASTERN U.S. ISBN 978-1-881043-28-7; Volume 4: WESTERN U.S. ISBN 978-1-881043-27-0; and, Volume 5: CALCULATIONS ISBN 978-1-881043-27-0

All books are updated from the earlier (2000-2001) edition. New information includes the Hardtack II series and counties that were exposed to the December 18, 1970 venting from the underground nuclear test BANEBERRY.

From the Author:

These volumes are based upon U.S. Atomic Energy Commission data and maps from 1951-1962, data from the National Cancer Institute's 1997 publication, "Estimated Exposures and Thyroid Doses Received by the American People from Iodine-131 in Fallout Following Nevada Atmospheric Nuclear Bomb Tests, and "Results of Calculations of External Gamma-Radiation Exposure Rates from Fallout and the Related Radionuclide Compositions, Parts 1-8" by Harry G. Hicks, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories 1981.

About this edition

• Publisher: Two Sixty Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1881043290
• ISBN 13: 9781881043294
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 748