procedures. (H.H.D.) ADSORPTION; Descriptors: AGE; ATMOSPHERE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; BODY; CATTLE; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXCRETION; FALLOUT; FOOD; HIROSHIMA; INGESTION; IODINE 131; LIQUIDS; MAN; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MEDICINE; MILK; MONITORING; NAGASAKI; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; POPULATIONS; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIATION DOSES; IATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARDS; STOMACH; STRONTIUM 90; TOXICITY; URINE Subject Codes (NSA): HEALTH AND SAFETY 10/5/145 215753 (Item 145 from file: NSA-17-005699 METABOLISM OF FISSION PRODUCTS Cohn, 109) IN MAN: MARSHALLESE EXPERIENCE S.H. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. Publication Date: 1962 27 p. Primary Report No.: BNL-6503 Journal Announcement: NSA17 Document Type: Report Language: English Contract No.: AT (30-2) -GEN-16 The medical study of the Marshallese accidentally exposed to local fallout in 1954 is unique in that, along with the study of the Japanese fishermen, it provides the only data existing on the metabolism of mixed fission products in a human population. Early diagnosis of the internal radioactive contamination was made by radiochemical analysis of the excreta of the exposed people and by radiochemical analysis of the tissues and excreta of animals simultaneously exposed. Initially, Sr/sup 89/, Ba/sup 140/, I/sup 131/ and its shorter-lived daughters and a number of rare-earth elements contributed the major portion of the internal radiation dose. After a year, the principal radioisotopes were Sr/sup 90/, Cs/sup 137/, and Zn/sup 65/. Subsequently these radionuclides and, more recently, Co/sup 60/ as well, have been measured periodically. Since 1958 the gamma spectra of a number of Marshallese have been obtained with a whole-body counter. The findings of these studies for the past eight years are discussed. The results of an early attempt to alter the rate of removal of the mixed fission products in the Marshallese with Ca-disodium EDTA are presented. The metabolism of the radionuclides and their relationship to levels present in the environment is also discussed. (auth) Descriptors: ACCIDENTS ANIMALS BODY CONTAMINATION DECONTAMINATION DIAGNOSIS EDTA ENVIRONMENT FALLOUT FISSION PRODUCTS GAMMA SPECTROMETERS MAN MARSHALL ISLANDS METABOLISM POPULATIONS RADIATION DETECTORS RADIOCHEMISTRY TISSUES URINE; BARIUM 140 CESIUM 137 COBALT 60 ENVIRONMENT FALLOUT FISSION PRODUCTS IODINE 131 MAN MARSHALL ISLANDS MEASURED VALUES METABOLISM POPULATIONS QUANTITY RATIO STRONTIUM 89 STRONTIUM 90 ZINC 65 Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 10/5/146 215150 (Item 146 from file: 109) ™ NSA-17-005096 Thurber, D.L. Columbia Univ., Palisades, N.Y. Journal of Geophysical Research (U.S.) Publication Date: Oct. 1962 4518-20 p. Coden: JGREA Note: 0022-1406 Journal Announcement: NSA17 Document Type: Journal Article Language: English Recently, several workers, v 67. 9003625 ANOMALOUS USsup 234$ US$sup 238$ IN NATURE reported radioactive disequilibrium in nature between U/sup 234/ and its parent U/sup 238/. This anomaly may be used as a geochemical tool in the study of the behavior of U in rocks, soils, and natural waters. Samples of unraninite and Mississippian limestone in which U/sup 234/ was expected to be in equilibrium with U/sup 238/ were analyzed. Preliminary values for the oceans are given. and Lake Bonneville were analyzed. (W.D.M.) Several samples from Eniwetok