Subfile:
INS
(US Atomindex input); ERA (Energy Research Abstracts); TIC
(Technical Information Center).
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: A bibliographic summary of reports published, submitted, in press
or presented at meetings was included. A discussion of 3 crui’ses taken
to collect
samples from water,
sediment
cores,
and plankton tows was
also included. The geographical areas covered on these cruises were:
(1) downwind and down-current from the U.S. Pacific Test Site, (2)
across the equator in the Central Pacific, and (3) the Mid-Pacific
Gyrie region. Maps are included. Samples were analyzed for a cesium
137, and plutonium on the ship. The samples were also retained for
further radionuclide analysis and taxonomy (plankton) at Woods Hole.
The dredging operations and problems encounted with in-situ water
filtrations and chemical preparations on the first cruise were also
discussed. Nutrient analysis of seawater was performed on the second
cruise. The results of testing a new recording instrument are included
for the third cruise.;
Major Descriptors: *ENIWETOK -- MARINE SURVEYS; *PACIFIC OCEAN -- MARINE
SURVEYS
Descriptors: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CESIUM 137; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT;
OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTON; PLUTONIUM; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SAMPLING;
SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS
Broader Terms: ACTINIDES; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BETA
DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES;
ECOSYSTEMS; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS;
ISLANDS; ISOTOPES; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MASS TRANSFER; METALS; MICRONESIA;
NUCLEI; OCEANIA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAS
; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WATER; YEARS LIVING
RADIOISOTOPES
Subject Categories: 520300*
-- Environment, Aquatic -- Radioactive
Materials Monitoring & Transport -- (1989)
580500
-- Oceanography -- (1980-1989)
INIS Subject Categories: B32*
-- Water
10/5/921
00574141
Author(s):
(Item 621 from file:
EBRA-05-006238;
Greenhouse,
103)
INS-80-001356;
N.A.
EDB-80-013663
Title: Dosimetry methods and results for the former residents of Bikini
Atoll
Corporate Source:
Brookhaven National Lab.,
Upton,
NY
(USA)
Conference Title: 2. Asian regional congress on radiation protection
Contract Number
(DOE):
EY-76-C-02-0016
Document Type: Report; Numerical data;
Language: English
Journal Announcement: EDB8001
Conference literature
Subfile:
INS
(US Atomindex input);
(Technical Information Center).
ERA
Availability: Dep. NTIS, PC A02/MF AOQl.
5 Nov 1979
-
(Energy Research Abstracts);
TIc f
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: The US Government utilized Bikini and Enewetak Atolls in the
northern Marshall Islands of Micronesia for atomspheric tests of
nuclear explosives in the 1940’s and 1950's. The original inhabitants
of these atolls were relocated prior to the tests. During the early
1970’s, a small but growing population of Marshallese people
reinhabited Bikini. Environmental and personnel radiological monitoring
programs were begun in 1974 to ensure that doses and dose commitments
received by Bikini residents remained within US Federal Radiation
Council guidelines. Dramatic increases in /sup 137/Cs body burdens
among the inhabitants between April 1977 and 1978 may have played a
significant role in the government decision to move the 140 Bikinians
in residence off of the atoll in August 1978. The average /sup 137/Cs
500403
Conference Location: Manila, Philippines
Conference Date:
Publication Date: 1979
p 25
Report Number(s):
BNL-26797; CONF-791122-1