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rainfall data from Bikini and Eneu Islands., The data for
the other 12 islands are much more limited because
samples were collected as part of a screening survey and
the islands have not been part of a continuing research
and monitoring program. Cesium-137 is the radionuclide
that produces most of the estimated dose for returning
residents, mostly through uptake by terrestrial foods
and secondly by direct external gamma exposure. Remedial
measures for reducing the {sup 137}Cs uptake in
vegetation are discussed. 40 refs., 32 figs., 131 tabs.
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS/fallout ;BIKINI/radiation monitoring
KEYWORDS
;ENIWETOK/radiation monitoring ;CESIUM
137/radioecological concentration ;STRONTIUM
90/radioecological concentration ;PLUTONIUM
239/radioecological concentration ;PLUTONIUM
240/radioecological concentration ;AMERICIUM
241/radioecological concentration ;FALLOUT; TESTING;
BIKINI; ENIWETOK; PLANTS; SOILS; SAMPLING; GROUND WATER;
FISHES; SWINE; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION;DOSE EQUIVALENTS;
REMEDIAL ACTION
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TITLE ENGLISH
PERSONAL AUTHOR
PUB. DATE (YYMMDD)
ABSTRACT
Day of two suns.
Islanders
Dibblin, Jane.
US nuclear testing and the Pacific
880000
The book focuses on two Pacific communities affected by
nuclear testing, the people of Rongelap atoll irradiated
by fallout, and the people of Kwajalein atoll forced to
leave their islands so it could be used as a target area
for missiles launched from the western USA. Both atolls
are part of the Marshall
Islands which are on the
eastern side of the groups of islands known as
Micronesia. The USA conducted 66 nuclear tests in the
period 1946-1958, one on Bikini Island, codenamed Bravo,
causing the contamination of Rongelap. Following the
halting of atmospheric nuclear explosions in 1958 the
area became a missile testing target area. The reasons
why the Marshall Islands were used, the effects of the
fallout and destruction of the islanders way of life
when they were moved from their homes is described. It
draws widely on experience of the Marshall Islanders
themselves.
One of the appendices
lists thea.tests and
displacement in the Marshall Islands in chronological
KEYWORDS
order. (U.K.).
BRAVO EVENT/environmental
impacts
;MARSHALL
ISLANDS/evacuation ;MARSHALL ISLANDS/local fallout ;
NUCLEAR WEAPONS/test facilities ;BIOLOGICAL RADIATION
EFFECTS ; CONTAMINATION; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; EVACUATION;
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