Civil Defense Shelter Options for Fallout and Blast Protection (Single-Purpose)

Item

Title
Civil Defense Shelter Options for Fallout and Blast Protection (Single-Purpose)
Creator
Longinow, Anatole
Stepanek, Otto J.
Corporate Author
IIT Research Institute
Laboratory
Office of Civil Defense
Corporate Report Number
Final Report, Project J6115
Date
1968
Date Issued
1968-06
Extent
220
Contract
DAHC20-67-C-0167
NTRL Accession Number
AD674663
Identifier
AD0674663
Abstract
The objective of this study was to develop data on shelter concepts, costs and protective capabilities of single-purpose shelters capable of deployment in urban andor peripheral regions. Two categories of shelter structures were considered, permanent and expedient. The former are those shelters requiring specialized skills, equipment, communication and supply routes, etc. the latter are capable of being constructed rapidly by unskilled or semiskilled labor, using little or no specialized equipment. The effort was primarily concerned with permanent shelters. Each structure type was designed and costed for three shelter locations relative to the ground surface, six habitability options and four nuclear weapons environments characterized by fallout radiation alone, and 10, 20 and 30 psi free field overpressure and associated effects resulting from megaton range nuclear weapons. A total of 864 shelter cost options are presented. A cost investigation of basement shelters is included.
Description
The objective of this study was to develop data on shelter concepts, costs and protective capabilities of single-purpose shelters capable of deployment in urban andor peripheral regions. Two categories of shelter structures were considered, permanent and expedient. The former are those shelters requiring specialized skills, equipment, communication and supply routes, etc. the latter are capable of being constructed rapidly by unskilled or semiskilled labor, using little or no specialized equipment. The effort was primarily concerned with permanent shelters. Each structure type was designed and costed for three shelter locations relative to the ground surface, six habitability options and four nuclear weapons environments characterized by fallout radiation alone, and 10, 20 and 30 psi free field overpressure and associated effects resulting from megaton range nuclear weapons. A total of 864 shelter cost options are presented. A cost investigation of basement shelters is included.
Distribution Classification
1
Distribution Conflict
No
DTIC Record Exists
Yes
Illinois Tech Related
Yes
Index In
CEX-68.3
Report Availability
Not available via Contrails
Type
report