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