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qualified site on reasonable terms. The negetiator is
instructed to negotiate with any state or Imdian tribe
that expresses an interest in hosting a repository or
MRS facility. The negotiator will formally submit the
negotiated agreement and environmental assessment to
Congress, and the agreement will become effective when
acted on by Congress and signed by the President into
law.
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES/site selection ;
USA/radioactive waste management ;AMERICAN INDIANS;
<EYWORDS
AMERICAN SAMOA; GUAM; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; IDAHO;
MARIANA ISLANDS;MARSHALL ISLANDS;MONITORED RETRIEVABLE
STORAGE;NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS;PUERTO RICO; STATE
GOVERNMENT; TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS;US DOE;
USA;VIRGIN ISLANDS;WASHINGTON DC
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PRIMARY REPORT NUMBER
TITLE ENGLISH
UCRL-ID--104916
Estimates of the radiological dose to people living on
Bikini Island for two weeks while diving in and around
the sunken ships in Bikini Lagoon
PERSONAL AUTHOR/AFFIL
Robison, W.L.
CORPORATE TEXT
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
PUB. DATE (YYMMDD)
900900
LIMITATION CODE
ABSTRACT
UNL
Bikini Island and Bikini Lagoon were contaminated by
fallout from nuclear weapons tests conducted at the
atoll by the United States from 1946 to 1958. The second
test, Baker, of the Crossroads series was an underwater
detonation in 1946 that sank several ships in the lagoon,
including the USS Saratoga and the Japanese battleship
Nagato. The ships received high-intensity gamma-ray and
neutron bombardment from the Baker test,
radioactivity in the metal structures.
conducted after the Baker shot
which induced
Some of the tests
(there were 21 tests
in
all) injected contaminated carbonate particles into the
air, some of which were deposited across the lagoon
surface. Most of this contaminated soil then settled
onto the ships’ decks and other structures and on the
lagoon bottom. These sunken ships provide an interesting
location for divers. Recreational diving and swimming in
and around the ships raises the question of the
potential radiological dose from the radiorwclides
present in or on the ships and in the lagoon sediments.
The purpose of this paper,
KEYWORDS
5003441
therefore,
is to present an
analysis of the potential radiological dose to persons
who would dive near the sunken ships and live on Bikini
Island for a short period of time.
BIKINI/fallout deposits ;SHIPS/underwater ;