underwater detonation in 1946 that sank several ships in the lagoon,
including the USS Saratoga and the Japanese battleship Nagato. The
ships received high-intensity gamma-ray and neutron bombardment from
the Baker test, which induced radioactivity in the metal structures.
Some of the tests conducted after the Baker shot (there were 21 tests
in all) injected contaminated carbonate particles into the air, some of
which were deposited across the lagoon surface. Most of this
contaminated soil then settied onto the ships’ decks and other
structures and on the lagoon bottom. These sunken ships provide an
interesting location for divers. Recreational diving and swimming in
and around the ships raises the question of the potential radiological
dose from the radionuclides present in or on the ships and in the
lagoon sediments. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to present
an analysis of the potential radiological dose to persons who would
dive near the sunken ships and live on Bikini Island for a short period
of time.
Major Descriptors: *BIKINI -- FALLOUT DEPOSITS; *FALLOUT DEPOSITS -SAMPLING; *SHIPS -- RADIATION HAZARDS; *SHIPS -- UNDERWATER
Descriptors: ACTIVITY LEVELS; AMERICIUM 241; BISMUTH 207; CESIUM 137;
COBALT 60; EUROPIUM 155; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; RADIATION DOSES; SEDIMENTS
Broader Terms: ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES;
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES;
BISMUTH ISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DOSES; ELECTRON
CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EUROPIUM ISOTOPES; EXPLOSIONS; FALLOUT; HAZARDS;
HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL
CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISLANDS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES;
ISOTOPES; LEVELS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; MINUTES LIVING
RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; OCEANIA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI;
RADIOISOTOPES; RARE BARTH ISOTOPES; RARE EARTH NUCLEI; SPONTANEOUS
FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOT; YEARS LIVING
RADIOISOTOPES
Subject Categories: 540330*
Materials Monitoring &
-- Environment, Aquatic -- Radioactive
Transport
--
(1990-)
INIS Subject Categories: B3210*
-- Water -- Radioactive
materials--monitoring & transport -- (1992-)
10/5/329
03300396
(Item 29 from file:
EDB-92-063153
103)
Title: Fallout: The experiences of a medical team in the care of a
Marshallese population accidentally exposed to fallout radiation
Author(s) /Editor(s): Conard, R.A.
Brookhaven National Lab.,
(Code: 0936000)
Sponsoring Organization:
Publication Date:
Report Number(s):
1991
DOE
USDOE,
(116 p)
Upton,
Washington,
DC
NY
(United States)
(United States)
BNL-46444
Order Number: DE92007449
Contract Number (DOE): AC02-76CH00016
-
Document Type: Report
Language: In English
Journal Announcement: EDB9209
Availability: OSTI;
NTIS;
INIS;
Distribution:
{(Report):0
(MF):4
GPO Dep.
MN-408
Subfile:
ERA
(Energy Research Abstracts); ETD (Energy Technology Data
Exchange);
INS
(US Atomindex
input);
NTS (NTIS).
TIC (Technical
Information Center)
US DOE Project/NonDOE Project: P
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: This report presents an historical account of the experiences of
the Brookhaven Medical team in the examination and treatment of the
Marshallese people following their accidental exposure to radioactive
fallout in 1954. This is the first time that a population has been
heavily exposed to radioactive fallout, and even though this was a
tragic mishap, the medical findings have provided valuable information
5003619
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