Corporate Source: Naval Medical Research Inst., Publication Date: Apr 1955 Report Number(s): Document Type: AD-465292 p 46 BRA MD (USA) Report Language: English Journal Announcement: EDB8012 Availability: NTIS, PC A03/MF A0Ql. Subfile: Bethesda, (Energy Research Abstracts); NTS (NTIS). Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: Follow-up medical examinations were made of the Marshallese inhabitants of Rongelap Atoll 6 months after they had been exposed to atomic bomb fallout radiation during the Operation CASTLE test series in March, 1954. During the early acute period following exposure, these people had shown systemic effects and marked hematological changes resulting from penetrating gamma radiation; extensive superficial skin lesions and epilation associated principally with beta and soft gamma radiation from fallout material deposited on uncovered skin areas; and minimal ingernal contamination with fission products, resulting principally from ingestion of fallout material. At the time of the 6-month resurvey the individuals, in general, appeared healthy and normally active, and no deaths had occurred in the interim period. Chest X-rays of all individuals revealed no abnormalities ascribable to the fallout radiation. Analysis of hematological data obtained failed to demonstrate a significant effect of measles on the peripheral blood count. Neutrophile, lymphocyte, and platelet counts were not Significantly different from counts taken on the 74th post-exposure day, and none of these values had returned to control levels.; Major Descriptors: *FALLOUT -- RADIATION HAZARDS; *HUMAN POPULATIONS -RADIATION INJURIES Descriptors: BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BLOOD COUNT; BONE MARROW; FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RADIATION; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN Broader Terms: ANIMAL TISSUES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; HBLECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPLOSIONS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; INJURIES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISLANDS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIA; ORGANS; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEILLANCE; TISSUES Subject Categories: 560151* -- Radiation Effects on Animals -- Man 560161 -- Radionuclide Effects, Kinetics, & Toxicology -- Man 10/5/816 00726709 Author(s): Title: (Item 516 from file: 103) ERA-06-011571; INS-81-004000; Clegg, B.; Koranda, J.; EDB-81-034963 Robison, W.; Holladay, Equatorial hydrology studies by satellite telemetry Corporate Lab. Source: Publication Date: California Univ., 30 Dec 1980 Livermore (USA). G. Lawrence Livermore p 22 Report Number(s): UCID-18869 Contract Number (DOE): W-7405-ENG-48 Document Type: Report; Numerical data Language: English Journal Announcement: EDB8103 Availability: NTIS, PC A02/MF AOl. Subfile: INS (Technical (US Atomindex input); Information Center). ERA (Energy Research Abstracts); TIC Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: We age using a geostationary satellite functioning as a transponder to collect surface environmental data to describe the fate of soil-borne radionuclides. The remote, former atomic testing grounds ,7 at the Enewetak and Bikini Atolls present a difficult environment in which to collect continuous field data. Our land-based, solar-powered