Re: Effect of radiation on computers

[Charles Thomas <u088558@pobox1663.Lanl.GOV>]

I remember that there have been sessions at ANS meetings on the subject.
These can be found in the ANS TRANSACTIONS.  The effects are due to
radiation exposures well above background as Mcnaught indicates.



At 09:18 AM 2/21/96 -0600, you wrote:
>>What is the effect of background ionizing radiation on commercial computers?
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>The effect of very high levels of radiation on commercial computers was
>investigated as part of the SDI project, more than 10 years ago.  I do not
>know the results, but the fact that they used microamps of accelerator
>beam, i.e. megarads, suggests that the effects of background radiation are
>too small to measure.
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>mcnaught@lanl.gov
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Charles (Tommy) Thomas
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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The above is not necessarily
the opinion of LANL - probably 
is anything but.