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radioactive fallout in 1954. The Marshall Islands
Medical Program of the Medical Department, brookhaven
National Laboratory, issues these summaries for
distribution to institutions and individuals world-wide
who are concerned about the adverse medical consequences
of radiation exposure in general or, in particular, the
plight of the radiation-exposed Marshallese. The exposed
Marshallese population originally comprised 64 persons
on Rongelap Atoll who received an estimated 190 rads of
whole-body external gamma radiation, 18 on Ailingnae
Atoll who received 110 rads, and 159 on Utirik Atoll who
received 11 rads. In addition, there were 3 fetuses on
Rongelap, 1 on Ailingnae, and 8 on Utirik, each of which
reveived equivalent whole-body doses. Because of
radioiodines in the fallout, the thyroid gland received
an additional exposure that was much greater than the
whole-body dose, although its magnitude was, in part, a
function of age at the time of exposure
(Lessard et al.,
1985).
HUMAN POPULATIONS/health hazards ;FALLOUT/biological
radiation effects ;MORTALITY/evaluation ;MARSHALL
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ISLANDS; FALLOUT;BRAVO EVENT; DIAGNOSIS; NEOPLASMS;
MORTALITY; EVALUATION; COMPILED DATA
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ABSTRACT
UCID--18538-Rev.1
Resuspension studies at Bikini Atoll
Revision 1
Shinn, J.H.;Homan, D.N.;Robison, W.L.
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
890800
UNL
The following experiments were conducted on Bikini
Atoll to provide key parameters for an assessment of
inhalation exposure from plutonium-contaminated dust
aerosols:
(1)
a characterization of background
(plutonium activity,
dust,
plutonium,
organic aerosol concentrations),
KEYWORDS
sea spray,
a study of
and
plutonium resuspension from a bare field, (3) a study of
plutonium resuspension by traffic, and (4) a study of
personal inhalation exposure. Studies similar to (1) and
(2) have been previously performed at Enewetak Atoll. 9
refs., 5 figs., 8 tabs.
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PLUTONIUM/inhalation ;PARTICLE RESUSPENSION/risk
assessment ;BIKINI;RADIATION PROTECTION; PLUTONIUM;
INHALATION; AEROSOLS ; DUSTS ; AUTOMOBILES;DOSE EQUIVALENTS;
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE
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(2)
SIZH;SOILS;PLANTS