recording and analyzing the survey data.
(R.J.S.)
FALLOUT;
COUNTERS;
CONTAMINATION;
BODY;
ADSORPTION;
Descriptors:
;
MONITORING
VALUES;
MEASURED
MAN;
RADIATION;
GAMMA
FISSION PRODUCTS;
SYSTEMS
RECORDING
NS;
POPULATIO
PLANNING;
E;
PERFORMANC
Subject Codes
10/5/149
212951
HEALTH AND SAFETY
(NSA):
{Item 149 from file:
NSA~17-002893
RADIOCESIUM IN PLANTS
in Botany"
Walker,
R.B.;
Held,
109)
GROWN ON RONGELAP ATOLL
E.E.;
Gessel,
SOILS.
"Recent Advances
-
S.P.
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Publication Date: 1961
1363-7 p.
Publ: University of Toronto Press
Journal Announcement: NSA17
Document Type: Book Analytic
Language: English
Tomato and squash plants were grown in greenhouse pot cultures using soil
from Rongelap Atoll, which received faliout contamination in 1954. The
treatments involved various combinations of N, P, and K. All fertilizer
treatments markedly reduced the content of Cs-137 in the tissue. Also
reported are the results of a field experiment on Rongelap Island in which
fertilization with KCl at least temporarily reduced the content of Cs-137
in a native grass. Potassium and Cs-137 contents of foliar samples of
several woody species collected on Rongelap Island are also included. In
the most common pattern, K and Cs-137 contents of the upper foilage were
higher than those of the lower leaves, but one species consistently showed
higher K but lower Cs-137 in the upper foilage. Low K status of the soil
and differences in mobility within the plant may explain these patterns.
(auth)
Descriptors:
CESIUM 137;
CONTAMINATION;
ISLANDS;
LEAVES;
NITROGEN;
PACIFIC OCEAN;
POTASSIUM CHLORIDES;
QUANTITY RATIO;
SOILS
Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
10/5/150
197835
(Item 150 from file:
NSA-16-021901
FALLOUT;
FERTILIZERS;
PHOSPHORUS;
PLANTS;
109)
MEDICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAP PEOPLE SEVEN YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO FALLOUT
Conard, R.A.; MacDonald, H.E.; Meyer,
Karnofsky, D.; Jaffe, A.A.; Riklon, E.
Brookhaven National Lab.,
Publication Date: May 1962
Upton,
Primary Report No.: BNL-727
Journal Announcement: NSA16
Document Type: Report
Language: English
Contract No.: AT (30-2) -GEN-16
L.M.;
Cohn,
S.;
Sutow,
W.W.;
N.Y.
93 p.
;
Results of a medical survey of the people of Rongelap in the Marshall
lslands, carried out in March 1961, 7 years after the accident, are
presented. A total of 267 people was examined,
most of them on Rongelap
Island and some at Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls. Physical examinations
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showed no acute illnesses present nor any diseases which could be directly
associated with radiation effects. However, lt was noted that several of
the older people, particularly in the exposed group, were becoming quite
feeble and helpless. Residual skin changes in areas previously showing
lesions from fall-out were present with certainty in about 10 people.
Dental examinations revealed no differences between the exposed and
unexposed group. Examinations for the detection of such late effects of
radiation as cancer and leukemia revealed no evidence of malignancies in
any of the people, exposed or unexposed. Results of growth and development
in children and hematological studies are also given.
(P.C.H.)
Descriptors:
LEUKEMIA;
MAN;
EFFECTS;
SKIN
Subject Codes
ACCIDENTS;
AGE;
MARSHALL ISLANDS;
BLOOD;
CANCER;
ENVIRONMENT;
FALLOUT;
MEDICINE;
POPULATIONS;
RADIATION
(NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE