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the impact of these operations on the health
and
radiological safety of the people living infor planning
to return to their contaminated homelands is still an
important concern. The present Brookhaven National
Laboratory (BNL) Marshall Islands Radiological Safety
Program
(MIRSP)
began in 1987 with funding from the US
Department of Energy (DOE). The objectives of the MIRSP
are to determine the radionuclides present in the bodies
of those people potentially exposed to residual
radionuclide from weapon tests and fallout, and to
assess their present and lifetime dose from external and
internal sources. Field bioassay missions involving
whole-body counting (WBC) and urine sample collection
have, therefore, been important
program. WBC is used to measure
as {sup 40}K, {sup 60}Co and {sup 137}Cs, present in
individuals. Urine samples are used to measure {alpha}
and {beta}-emitting nuclides such as {sup 239}Pu and
{sup 90}Sr, that are undetectable by WBC routine
methods.
MARSHALL ISLANDS/human populations ;HUMAN
KEYWORDS
EDB Item
components of the
{gamma}-emitters, such
POPULATIONS/radiation doses ;BIOASSAY;URINE;POTASSIUM 40;
COBALT 60;CESIUM 137;PLUTONIUM 239;STRONTIUM 30;
QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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ABSTRACT
BNL--45868-Rev.12/91
Radiological dose assessments in the northern Marshall
Islands
(1989--1991)
Revision
Sun, L.C.; Meinhold, C.B.; Moorthy, A.R.; Clinton, J.H.;
Kaplan, E.
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
911200
UNL
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is located
in the central Pacific Ocean about 3500 km southeast of
Hawaii and 4500 km east of Manila, Philippines. It
consists of 34 atolls and 2 coral island, having a total
land area of about 180 km{sup 2}, distributed over more
than 2.5 {times} 10{sup 6} km{sup 2} of ocean. Between
1946 and 1958 the United States conducted nuclear tests
there: 43 at Enewetak and 23 at Bikini. Thixty-three
years after the cessation of nuclear testing in the RMI,
the impact of these operations on the health and
radiological safety of the people living in or planing
to return to their contaminated homelands is still an
important concern. The present Brookhaven National
Laboratory
20034449
(BNL)
Marshall
Islands Radiological
Safety