Publication Date: 3 Mar 1976
p 37
Report Number(s):
UCRL-51879 (Rev.1)
Contract Number (DOE): W-7405-ENG-48

Document Type:

Report

Language: English

Journal Announcement: EDB7608
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Abstract: To evaluate the potential radiation doses that may be received by
the returning Bikinians, we surveyed the residual radioactivity on
Bikini and Eneu Islands in June of 1975. An integral part of the survey
included measurements of gamma-ray exposure rates which are used to
estimate external gamma-ray doses. The survey showed that on Bikini
Island the rates are highly variable: values near the shores are
generally of the order of 10 to 20 ..mu..R/h, while those within the
interior average about 40 ..mu..R/h with a range of roughly 30 to 100
.mu..R/h. Eneu Island, however, is characterized by more or less
uniformly distributed gamma radiation levels of less than 10 ..mu..R/h
over the entire island. These data, in conjunction with population
statistics and expected life styles, allowed us to estimate the
potential external gamma-ray doses associated with proposed housing
locations along the lagoon road and within the interior portions of
Bikini Island as well as along the lagoon side of Eneu Island. As
expected, living on Eneu Island results in the lowest doses: 0.12 rem
during the first year and 2.9 rem during 30 years. The highest values,
0.28 rem during the first year and 5.9 rem over 30 years, may
potentially be received by inhabitants living within the interior of
Bikini Island. Other options under consideration produce intermediate
values.;

Major Descriptors: *BIKINI -- HUMAN POPULATIONS; *HUMAN POPULATIONS -RADIATION DOSES
Descriptors: BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DATA; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION
; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
Broader Terms: BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; DOSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION;
EXPLOSIONS; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISLANDS; MARSHALL ISLANDS
7 POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS

Subject Categories: 560151*
-- Radiation Effects on Animals -- Man
510300
-- Environment, Terrestrial -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring
& Transport

520300

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(-1989)

-- Environment, Aquatic -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring &

Transport -- (1989)
INIS Subject Categories:
B31
-- Land
B32
-- Water

10/5/993
00123993

C15*

-- Effects of External Radiation on Man
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BRA-01-021130; EDB-76-061437

9004087

Title: High genetic variability in a population of Tridacna maxima from the
Great Barrier Reef
Author(s): Campbell, C.A.;
Valentine, J.W.;
Ayala, F.J.
Affiliation: Univ. of California, Davis
Source: Mar. Biol. (Germany, Federal Republic of)
v 33:4.
Coden: MBIOA
Publication Date: 19 Dec 1975
p 341-345
Document Type: Journal Article
Language: English
Journal Announcement: EDB7608
Subfile:
ERA
(Energy
Research Abstracts);
TIC (Technical Information
Center).

Country of Origin: United States

Abstract: A population of the bivalve mollusk, Tridacna maxima (Roeding),
from Heron Island, (Great Barrier Reef), Australia, was studied by gel
electrophoresis, and proved to be highly variable genetically, with an
average heterozygosity of about 22 percent. This compares closely with

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