CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DOSES; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; 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; MONITORING; 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* Toxicology -- Man 540230 & -- Environment, Transport -- (1990-) -- Radionuclide Effects, Kinetics, & Terrestrial -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring INIS Subject Categories: B3110* -- Radioactive materials monitoring & transport 10/5/333 (Item 33 from file: 103) 03289957 EDB-92-052714 Title: 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: Montreal (Canada) Conference Date: 17-22 May 1992 Publication Date: Report Number(s): Order Number: Nov 1991 (4 p) BNL-45868-Rev. DE92005378 Contract Number (DOE): CONF-920501--12-Rev. AC02-76CH00016 Document Type: Report; Conference Literature Language: In English Journal Announcement: EDB9208 Availability: Distribution: OSTI; NTIS; (Report):0Q INIS; (MF):4 GPO Dep. MN-407 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: The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is located in the central Pacific Ocean about 3500 km southwest of Hawaii and 4500 km east of Manila, Philippines. It consists of 34 atolls and 2 coral islands, having a total land area of about 180 km{sup 2}, distributed {times} 10{sup 6} of ocean. Between 1946 and 1958 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. counting (WBC) Field bioassay missions involving whole-body and urine sample collection have, therefore, important components of the program. WBC is used to measure been {gamma}-emitters, such as {sup 40}K, {sup 60}Co and {sup 137}Cs, present in individuals. Urine samples are used to measure {alpha} {beta}-emitting nuclides such as {sup 239}Pu and {sup 90}Sr, and that are 9003b19 over more than 2.5 the United states conducted nuclear tests there: 43 at Enewetak and 23 at Bikini. Thirty-three years after the cessation of nuclear testing in the RMI, the impact of these operations on the health and radiological safety of the people living in or planning to return to their contaminated homelands is still an important concern. 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