USAEC_facilities_nuclear_accidents: Criticality Accidents in USAEC Facilities, 1945-1970 (Trinity...

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Criticality Accidents in USAEC Facilities, 1945-1970 (Trinity Atomic Web Site)

Description

A table containing the critical accidents in United States Atomic Energy Commission (USAEC) facilities.

Usage

USAEC_facilities_nuclear_accidents

Format

A data.table data frame with 26 rows and 8 variables:

Date

Date of the accident

Location

Location of the accident

Active Material

Active materials released

Geometry

Geometric description

Total Fissions

Total number of fissions

Cause

Cause of the accident

Physical Damage

Physical damage from the accident

$ Loss

Monetary loss in US dollars

Source

Trinity Atomic Web Site: Criticality Accidents in USAEC Facilities, 1945-1970 (from "Operational Accidents and Radiation Exposure Experience Within the United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1943-1970," (WASH 1192), U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 78, No. 2, February 1997, pages 197-208, https://www.abomb1.org/accident/crittabl.html.


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