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(Item 133 from file: 109)
243783
NSA-17-033757
EFFECT OF ACUTE FALLOUT RADIATION ON A MARSHALL ISLAND POPULATION
Conard, R.A.
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
Publication Date: 1963
33 p.
Primary Report No.: BNL-7145; CONF-150-1
Secondary Report No.: CONF-150-1
Note: From Congress of Science on Humans,
York,
June 1963
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2nd Annual Conference,
Journal Announcement: NSA17
Document Type: Report
Language: English
Contract No.: AT-30-2-GEN-16
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The acute and residual effects of a localized fallout exposure on the
people of Rongelap island are summarized for the 8-yr period subsequent to
their accidental exposure on March 1, 1954. The accident occurred following
the detonation of a high-yield nuclear device at the Pacific Proving
Grounds. Twenty-three Japanese fishermen aboard the Lucky Dragon were also
exposed. The 64 inhabitants of the island, located 105 nautical miles from
the detonation, received an estimated dose of 175 r of whole-body
gamma
radiation,
contamination of the skin sufficient to result in
BETA burns,
and slight internal absorption of radioactive materials through inhalation
and ingestion. The fallout resembled a light snowfall. The exposed people
were evacuated about 2 days after the accident and received extensive
examinations for the following 3 mo. Annual medical surveys have revealed
only minimal residual effects in the exposed population.
(C.H.)
Descriptors:
BETA DECAY;
BODY;
CONTAMINATION;
ENVIRONMENT;
FALLOUT;
FISSION PRODUCTS;
GAMMA RADIATION;
INTESTINE;
LUNGS;
MAN;
MARSHALL
ISLANDS;
MEDICINE;
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;
POPULATIONS;
RADIATION INJURIES;
RADIATION SICKNESS;
Subject Codes
10/5/134
243613
(NSA):
RADIOISOTOPES;
SKIN
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
(Item 134 from file:
NSA-17-033587
109)
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF RADIATION DAMAGE IN THE THYROIDS OF CORAL REEE
FISHES FROM THE ENIWETOK ATOLI.
Gorbman,
A.;
James,
M.S.
"Radioecology"
Columbia Univ., New York
Publication Date: 1963
385-99 p.
Publ: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; Washington,
Institute of Biological Sciences
D.C.,
The American
Journal Announcement: NSA17
Document Type: Book Analytic
Language: English
Three series of coral reef fishes, totaling 175 specimens and
representing 79 species and 25 families, were collected at Eniwetok Atoll
in the Marshall Islands at one-month and eight-month intervals after a
nuclear explosion. Two of the series included fishes from both a near and a
distant site within the atoll, relative to the explosions. Serial sections
of the thyroid regions revealed varying amounts of necrotic alteration in
many specimens, suggesting a thyrotoxic level of iodins-131 in the
environment. Using a rough scoring system, it was possible to estimate the
relative degree and extent of thyroid damage and to express it numerically
for comparison with other individuals. Histopathologic changes observed are
described. (C.H.)
Descriptors:
CONFERENCE;
CONTAMINATION;
ENIWETOK;
ENVIRONMENT;
FALLOUT;
FISH;
IODINE 131;
MARSHALL ISLANDS;
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;
RADIATION INJURIES;
SEA;
THYROID;
TISSUES;
TOXICITY
Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
10/5/135
243586
(Item 135 from file:
NSA-17-033560
109)
QUALITATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF RADIONUCLIDES AT RONGELAP ATOLI.
"RadioecologY"
Held, E.E.
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