body burden for the population was 2.3 ..mu..Ci in April 1978. Several individuals, however, exceeded the maximum permissible body burden of 3 ..mu..Ci, and some approached 6 ..mu..Ci. The resultant total dose commitment was less than 200 mrem for the average resident. The average total dose for the mean residence interval of approx. 4.5 years was about 1 rem. The sources of exposure, the probable cause of the unexpected increase in /sup 137/Cs body burdens, and the methods for calculating radionuclide intake and resultant doses are discussed. Suggestions are offered as to the implications of the most significant exposure pathways for the future inhabitation of Bikini and Enewetak. (ERB) ; Major Descriptors: *CESIUM 137 -- ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; *FOOD CHAINS -- CONTAMINATION; *HUMAN POPULATIONS -- DOSE COMMITMENTS; *HUMAN POPULATIONS -- ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS -FALLOUT DEPOSITS; *TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS -- CONTAMINATION Descriptors: ATMOSPHERIC EXPLOSIONS; BIKINI; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; ISOLATED VALUES; TESTING Broader Terms: ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DATA; DATA FORMS; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPLOSIONS; FALLOUT; INFORMATION; ISLANDS; ISOTOPES; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; OCEANIA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POPULATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Subject Categories: 560171* -- Radiation Effects -- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology -- Man -- (-1987) 560151 -- Radiation Effects on Animals -- Man 560161 -- Radionuclide Effects, Kinetics, & Toxicology -- Man 510302 -- Environment, Terrestrial -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport -- Terrestrial Ecosystems & Food Chains -- (-1987) 520302 -- Environment, Aquatic -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport -- Aquatic Ecosystems & Food Chains -- (-1987) 450200 -- Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense -- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives INIS Subject Categories: C21* -- Tissue Distribution, Toxicology & Removal of Radionuclides C15 -- Effects of External Radiation on Man C22 -- Radionuclide Ecology E14 -- Nuclear Explosions 10/5/922 00571284 103) EDB-80-010806 Social contention about safety of nuclear power plant K. (Central Research Inst. Source: Genshiryoku Kogyo (Japan) v 24:9. Publication Date: Sep 1978 p 34-37 Document Type: Journal Article Language: Japanese Journal Announcement: EDB7909 Subfile: AIX (non-US Atomindex input). of Electric Power Industry, Coden: GKOGA - Country of Origin: Japan Abstract: In Japan, the contentions and arguments on the safety of nuclear power generation have been active since its first introduction, and these are greatly influenced by the nation’s experiences of atomic bombs in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Bikini. As the result, the attitude of peoples toward the acceptance of nuclear power plants is Significantly different from that in other countries. The situation in Japan of social contentions about nuclear power safety is explained in two aspects: acceptance of the safety, by peoples and Japanese pattern of safety contentions. In both upstream and downstream of nuclear power generation, not only the safety but also the right or wrong for nuclear power generation itself is discussed. The problem of nuclear power safety has gone into the region beyond the technological viewpoint. The pattern of safety contentions in Japan is the entanglement of three sectors; i.e. local people, labor unions and political parties, enterprises and administration, and intellectuals.; Major Descriptors: *NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS -- PUBLIC OPINION - t Author(s): Nemoto, Tokyo (Japan) ) 906% 038 Title: (Item 622 from file: AIX-10-476703; Metabolism,