- ( tsr ) circui'is'.igi,t ,.1r.,_"tion or o".uo 'i5i."3i""'quite low doses. The reason fo" this is that eien though the probability of damaging one element in the circuit is fow, irre circuit is composed of so many interacting ulits that the resulting ptol"til# of nalfunction or breakdown becones rathex high' Thyristors are also v-ry sensitivl t,o rapiaty delivered radiation doses' Electronic systems exposed. to r-ow or nediurn yield detonations night be affected by initial radiation whire at trr. "ur"u tir" having " "il;;;;;-"r"viving the other danaging effects of the nucrear burst. such systeas coulal, for instance, be part of sone nilitary equiprcent. 29' ronizing radiation r^'i11 penetrate any materiar- and gra.uar-ry undergo absorption. Effective protection therefore implies tirick and heavJ- layers of materia-1. As a rule of thumb, the hea"rier the rnaterial the better it absorbs radiationn a.lthough other criteria apply to neutrons.Al3J/392 English Annex Page 168 EEv --oI'icldJI !<JI .! Odt 'r,6dt €p -!,{rE!l d EEO! .il oL4: oqEl iq: ootddl .i.d ttaFlrl lJo-!tool .i ! pNl c'n3€qr!| .i: ..r c .l.dl to .i F al da 0J q,l')ol uc0.i.cI'!l q E u ! 6 F601 qt o do lr o ;.l oroduorrol o rD i .rl>l 0-6 aI c .. r 6-d C0ll .d o s .J ! c a)ol ! > I cJ o $ !ol 6 d 0i !!l .i-qi ocr!I € .dodl i, F e '.H,.{ ool '. o rJ.il !>ooxi!@!t .i 11 !o F.a r!dl l'aro!64).il r)-oi (rr 6 rrl c E rr r.)dl o oqr.. o!I .r -C O rr (J s'OI pF E o0Oil (n61 5.rJrrou(.).il c d-C {J F_i!l 0)o|6!- 0rE.il !o..reOEEdl ! o ar 5 c)Hl rd -d16! AH6.i€ioo\t0Jor!\' .AFE.. o. .d '.r .. o4 d OJ 3U F E!: ol6J o c). (r rr >'r'r.T _e,!3 5 9€l! F..tHi o \ri l!^/ .3' / 392 Engl i sh Annex ,-.qe ro, F. Residual radiation ( fallout )
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