wee ee ee ee ny INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INVERTEBRATES; ISLANDS; ISOTOPES ; MASS TRANSFER; MICRONESIA; MONITORING; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; OCEANIA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POPULATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TISSUES; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOCISOTOPES Subject Categories: 520302* -- Environment, Aquatic -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport -- Aquatic Ecosystems & Food Chains -- (-1987) 560171 (-1987) -- Radiation Effects -- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology -- Man -- INIS Subject Categories: 10/5/778 00803594 Author(s): (Item 478 C22* -- Radionuclide Ecology from file: 103) INS-81-016186; EBRA-06-033828; EDB-81-111861 Robison, W.L.; Conrado, C.L.; Eagle, R.J.; Title: Northern Marshall Islands radiological survey: analysis summary Corporate Source: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Publication Date: 23 Jul 1981 p 102 Report Number(8): UCRL-52853-Pt.1 Order Number: DE81029429 Contract Number (DOE): W-7405-ENG-48 Document Type: Report; Numerical data Language: English Journal Announcement: EDB8110 Availability: NTIS, PC AOQ6/MF AOQl. Subfile: ERA (Bnergy Research Abstracts); (Technical Information Center). INS Stuart, M.L. sampling and CA (USA) (US Atomindex input); TIC Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: A radiological survey was conducted in the Northern Marshall Islands to document reamining external gamma exposures from nuclear tests conducted at Enewetak and Bikini Atolls. An additional program was later included to obtain terrestrial and marine samples for radiological dose assessment for current or potential atoll inhabitants. This report is the first of a series summarizing the results from the terrestrial and marine surveys. The sample collection and processing procedures and the general survey methodology are discussed; a summary of the collected samples and radionuclide analyses is presented. Over 5400 samples were collected from the 12 atolls and 2 islands and prepared for analysis including 3093 soil, 961 vegetation, 153 animal, 965 fish composite samples (average of 30 fish per sample), 101 clam, 50 lagoon water, 15 cistern water, 17 groundwater, and 85 lagoon sediment samples. A complete breakdown by sample type, atoll, and island is given here. The total number of analyses by radionuclide are 8840 for /sup 241/Am, 6569 for /sup 137/Cs, 4535 for /sup 239 +240/Pu, 4431 for /sup 90/Sr, 1146 for /sup 238/Pu, 269 for /sup 241/Pu, and 114 each for /sup 239/Pu and /sup 240/Pu. A complete breakdown by sample category, atoll or island, and radionuclide is also included.; Major Descriptors: *AMERICIUM 241 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *ANIMALS -RADIOACTIVITY; *CESIUM 137 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *FISHES -RADIOACTIVITY; *MARSHALL ISLANDS -- RADIATION MONITORING; *MARSHALL ISLANDS -- RADIOACTIVITY; *PLANTS -- RADIOACTIVITY; *PLUTONIUM 238 -RADIATION MONITORING; *PLUTONIUM 239 -- MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; *STRONTIUM *PLUTONIUM 240 MONITORING -- RADIATION MONITORING; *SOILS - -- RADIATION MONITORING; *PLUTONIUM 241 90 -- -- RADIATION RADIATION —_— urd Descriptors: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIKINI; DATA COMPILATION; ENIWETOK; GAMMA coRADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GROUND WATER; RADIATION DOSES; SEDIMENTS“ ; SURFACE WATERS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS <3 Broader Terms: ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; c> ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES i> ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DATA; DOSES; ECOSYSTEMS;