CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DETECTION; DOSES ; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISLANDS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; MICRONESIA; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; OCEANIA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POPULATIONS; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOT; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Subject Categories: 560161* -~- Radionuclide Effects, Kinetics, & ' Toxicology -- Man 560101 ‘-- Biomedical Sciences, Applied Studies -- Radiation Effects -- Dosimetry & Monitoring -- INIS Subject Categories: toxicology in man C5500 10/5/332 03290140 Title: (1992-) C2110* -- Radioisotope effects, kinetics & -- Personnel Dosimetry & Monitoring (Item 32 from file: EDB-92-052897 103) Radiological dose assessments in the northern Marshall Islands (1989~-1991) Author(s) /Editor(s): Sun, L.C.; Meinhold, C.B.; Moorthy, A.R.; Clinton, J.H.; Kaplan, E. Corporate Source: . Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States) (Code: 0936000) | Sponsoring Organization: DOE USDOE, Washington, DC (United States) Conference Title: 8. international Radiation Protection Association conference Conference Location: Publication Date: Montreal 1992 Report Number(s): (Canada) (4 p) BNL-45868 Conference Date: 17-22 May 1992 CONF -920501--12 Order Number: DE92004988 Contract Number (DOE): AC02-76CHO0016 Document Type: Report; Conference Literature Language: In English Journal Announcement: EDB9208 Availability: OSTI; NTIS; INIS; GPO Dep. Distribution: (Report):0 (MF):4 MN-630 Subfile: ERA (Energy Research Abstracts); ETD Exchange); INS (US Atomindex Information Center) US DOE Project/NonDOE Project: P Country of Origin: United States input); NTS , (Energy Technology Data (NTIS). TIC (Technical Country of Publication: United States Abstract: The present Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Marshall Islands Radiological Safety Program (MIRSP) began in 1987 with funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The objectives of the MIRSP are to determine the radionuclides present in the bodies of those people potentially exposed to residual radionuclide from weapon tests and fallout, and to assess their present and lifetime dose from external and internal sources. Field bioassay missions involving whole body counting (WBC) and urine sample collection have, therefore, been important components of the program. WBC is used to measure {gamma}-emitters, such as {sup 40}K, {sup 60}Co and {sup 137}Cs, present in individuals. Urine samples are used to measure {alpha} and that are Major Descriptors: *HUMAN POPULATIONS -- RADIATION DOSES; *MARSHALL ISLANDS -- RADIATION MONITORING Descriptors: CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; PLUTONIUM 239; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; STRONTIUM 90; URINE Broader Terms: ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKA; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY FLUIDS; 9003618 {beta}-emitting nuclides, such as {sup 239}Pu and {sup 90}Sr, undetectable by WBC routine methods.