096248 NSA-13-002B881 RADIOBRIOQLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE FISH COLLECTED AT RONGELAP AND AILINGINAE ATOLLS JULY 1957 Welander, A.D. Washington. Univ., Seattle. Applied Fisheries Lab. Publicaticen Date: Mar. 5, 1958 33 p. Primary Report No.: UWFL-SS Journal Announcement: NSAL3 Availability: NTIS Decument Type: Repart Language: English Contract No.: AT(45-1)540 Radicbiclogical analysis of the reef fishes cf Rongelap and Ailinginae Atulls indicated that a recantamination of the area occurred in 1954. Grass levele uf beta activity in muscle tissue ranged from 0.016 te 0.038 mu c/kg wet weight. The levels of radicactivity in bone and muscle tissues caf fish collected during 1957 were about the same as the levels fer similar tissues collected in 1955. Gamma spectra analysis and ion-exchange methecus revealed the presence cf <n/sup 65/, Co/sup 57/, Co/sup 58/, Ca/sup o0i/, Mn/sup 354, and Fe/sup 35/. Radiostrantium was found only in small amounts fabout 0.0014 mu c/kg wet weight) in the bone cof fish fram Kabelle Island, Rengelap Atoll. Approximately 40 per cent of the total radicactivity in the reef fishes was due te cn/sup 65/, 28 per cent tc cobalt, 26 per cent ta Fe/sup S5/, and 6 per cent to other radicnuclides. (auth) Descriptors: BETA FARTICLES; BONES; COBALT 57; COBALT 5&8; COBALT 60: CO NTAMINATION; FISH: GAMMA RADIATION; ION EXCHANGE; IRIN 25; MANGANESE 54; MU SCLES; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETERS: STRONTIUM 90; TISSUES; ZINC 65 Subject Cades (NSA): HEALTH AND SAFETY Recerd - 47 0@8336 NSA-1e-012913 MARCH 1957 MEDICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAF AND UTIRIK FECGPLE THREE YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT Conard, R.A.3; Meyer, L.M.; Rall, J.E.; Lowery, A.; Hach, &.A.3 Cannon, B.; Carter, E.L.; Eicher, 4.3 Hechter, H. Krockhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. Publication Date: June 1959 29 p. Primary Repert No.: BNL-SOl Journal Announcement: NSAle Availability: NTIS Decument Type: Report Language: English Marshallese people exposed to radicactive fall-out three years previously. Examinations were carried out on 82 people from Rongelap who had been exposed to the heaviest fall-out, and on a camparisen population of unexposed Rongelap people matched for age and sex. The survey showed that all the irradiated Marshellese people were making satisfactory recovery from their radiation exposure. (C.H.) Descriptors: AGE; ENVIRONMENT; FALLOUT; MAN; MEDICINE; POPULATIONS; RAD TATIQN DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RECOVERY; SEX; STATISTICS Subject Cades (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 5008584