including the Atom Baker Bikini is presented. The various theories of

explosive wave making are discussed and comparisons are made between

the observations and the theoretical expectations.

Scaling laws are

case)

The influence of the

examined for the two distinct cases:
and explosion bubble blowout

explosion bubble containment

(shallow case).

(deep

sea bottom is considered. A general conclusion is reached that it is
possible to reconcile theory and experiment within a factor of two with
regard to wave amplitude and within a few percent with regard to wave
period. The number of experiments which are directly applicable to the

conditions imposed by theory is limited. Theory in some cases assumes

the presence of a rigid bottom, and in other cases no bottom at all;
whereas ‘in most experiments a non rigid bottom is present. A synthesis
of all these results is made leading to a semiempirical prescription by
which explosively generated waves may be predicted. The conclusions are
not inconsistent with later work in this field done in the last decade.
f

Major Descriptors:
SCALING LAWS
Descriptors:

*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS -- WATER WAVES;

UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS

Broader Terms: EXPLOSIONS
Subject Categories: 450200*
-- Military Technology,
Defense -- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives
10/5/974
00238327

Author(s):

*WATER WAVES --

(Item 674 from file: 103)
INS-77-009323; ERA-02-036188;

Noshkin,

V.E.;

Robison,

W.L.;

Weaponry,

EDB-77-076278
Wong,

K.M.;

Eagle,

& National

R.J.

Title: Evaluation of the radiological quality of the water on Bikini and
Eneu Islands in 1975:
dose assessment based on initial sampling

Corporate
Lab.

Source:

California Univ.,

Publication Date:

21 Jan 1977

Livermore

(USA).

p 27

Lawrence Livermore
,

Report Number(s):
UCRL-51879 (Pt.4)
Contract Number (DOE): W-7405-ENG-48

Decument Type: Report
Language: English
Journal Announcement: EDB7706

Availability: Dep. NTIS $4.00.
Subfile:

ERA

(Energy Research Abstracts);

(Technical Information Center).

Country of Origin:

INS

(US Atomindex input);

TIC

United States

Country of Publication: United States

Abstract:

This report describes the radiological quality of the groundwater

on the two main islands

(Eneu and Bikini)

of Bikini Atoll during June

Major Descriptors: *BIKINI -- RADIATION MONITORING; *DRINKING WATER -RADIOACTIVITY; *GROUND WATER -- RADIOACTIVITY; *HUMAN POPULATIONS -RADIATION DOSES
Descriptors: ENVIRONMENT; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; SAMPLING
Broader Terms: DOSES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; ISLANDS; MARSHALL
ISLANDS; MONITORING; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POPULATIONS; WATER

Subject Categories: 510300*
-- Environment, Terrestrial -- Radioactive
Materials Monitoring & Transport -- (-1989)
510101
-- Environment, Terrestrial -- Basic Studies -- Radiometric
Techniques

--

(-1989)

008 oO TY

1975 (from data obtained from water samples collected at old and new
well sites on both islands) and the cistern water on Bikini Island.
Based on analyses of these samples, we found that the cistern water
from Bikini Island is both chemically and radiologically acceptable as
drinking water in accordance with standard limits established by the
U.S. Public Health Service. However, on both islands the quality of the
groundwater varied from one site to another. At some wells both
chemical and radiological quality are acceptable; at others one or both
are unacceptable according to U.S. Public Health Standards. The doses
we predict from consumption of both cistern and groundwater are
acceptable under federal guidelines. However, doses predicted from
consumption of groundwater are high enough to warrant careful
evaluation of other potential exposure pathways. ;

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