Highlights of the architectural & enginnering development program
By: Dept. of Defense, Office of Civil Defense
Series: Technical Report - Office of Civil Defense -- 24.; United States. Office of Civil Defense -- 24.
Publisher: Dept. of Defense, Office of Civil Defense
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Civil defense; Radioactive fallout; Fallout shelters; Evaluation; Nuclear bomb shelters; Architectural design
Description: The major requirement of civil defense effort must be to limit damage from large nuclear attacks and lay a base for the earliest possible national recovery. Therefore, assumptions must be developed as to the characteristics and scope of possible attacks.

During the National Shelter Survey, in which existing buildings were examined and evaluated for fallout protection, over 104 million adequate fallout shelter spaces were found. All buildings have shielded areas, affording some degree of protection. The basic protection can be enhanced in future building construction without appreciably increasing the cost or adversely affecting the esthetics and function for normal use.
Notes: "June 1964."

Technical Report (Series).
Table of contents: title: Rate of fall of particles.; title: Source of wind data.; title: Prediction of fallout areas.; title: Prediction of fallout levels.; title: Climate and wind considerations.; title: Average wind speeds.