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Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM)

Radioactive Plume - Illustration
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                        Radioactive Plume - 10 Kiloton Nuclear Detonation
radioactive plume
  • Prompt injuries (circle)
  • Radioactive Plume (fallout)
  • Dose rate at 4 hours in cGy(rad)/hr
Assumptions
  • Surface burst
  • 10 mph wind from SW
  • Flat topography

Adapted from presentation by Col. William Dickerson, MD, USAF, AFRRI