"The Atomic Energy Commission is aware of its responsibility for taking a leading part in the protection of the people against nuclear attack or accident"--Foreword.
The engineering firm of Holmes & Narver, Inc., AEC Facilities Division, was engaged by the Division of Biology and Medicine, USAEC, Washington, D.C., to conduct an underground group-shelter study. Specifically, the shelter tested in Operation Plumbbob was to be refined and improved. In addition to the refinement study, working plans, specifications, bills of materials, and a three-dimensional model were developed to enable the Atomic Energy Commission to obtain without delay realistic local cost estimates for construction of shelters of this type. Thus, technical information and details relative to a tested protective structure for both emergency and peacetime applications are made available. Presented here is a group shelter of conceptual design and size for twofold use: (1) emergency shelter and (2) normal peacetime activities. The adaptability of the shelter to peacetime activities increases its attractiveness from an economic viewpoint. It also improves the emergency potential because the occupants will become familiar with the shelter and because a structure in regular use will have regular maintenance. Figures 1 through 3 are plan views of the shelter; Figs. 4 through 7 are photographs of the shelter model. Although this engineering study has been made to satisfy an Atomic Energy Commission responsibility, it is hoped that the results will be useful to other organizations and groups interested in protective structures.
More Shelter Designs Since the dawn of the Cold War in the 1950's people have sought ways to protect themselves from the specter of global thermonuclear war. Both the private sector and the U.S. government responded with plans for home bomb/fallout shelters. In Volume Two we document more classic Dept. of Defense plans, Atomic Energy Commission, and even Dept of Agriculture shelters designs intend for farmers and dairymen. Most include plan drawings, material lists, and basic construction details. Plans in this volume include: ⦁ A.E.C. Group Shelter Report ⦁ Dept. of Defense Family Shelters (H-7) ⦁ DEPT of Agriculture Plans: Farm Shelter #910 Dairy barn fallout shelter #943 Bunker type shelter for beef cattle #947 Shelter for Six People #948 Potato Storage/Shelter #949 Storm / Fallout Shelter #950 Barn shelter for 50 cows #989 Be prepared with your own shelter; for protection from tornadoes OR worst case...even fallout. ALSO: See our other books on fallout shelters, "Shelter Plans Anthology 1" and "Expedient Shelter Construction".