University (Japan) ) Source: Radiation Protection (Taiyuan) Coden: FUFAE ISSN: 1000-8187 (Fushe Fanghu) v 10:2. vot Publication Date: Mar 1990 p 81-90 Document Type: Journal Article Language: In Chinese Journal Announcement: EDB9113 Subfile: ETD (Energy Technology Data Exchange). (China) INIS input ATX) (non-US Atomindex US DOE Project/NonDOE Project: NP Country of Origin: Japan Country of Publication: China Abstract: Research activities on distribution and behaviour of transuranium elements in the environment at the Kanazawa University, Japan, were presented. Using new developed radiochemical analysis methods and instruments, and collecting the surface soil samples from various areas of Japan, sediments on the bottom of lake and sea, sea water and those samples related to the Bikini event happened in 1954, the content of plutonium isotopes, {sup 241}Am and {sup 237}Np in environmental sample, their depth profile variation with time and the relationship between them with organic materials were studied. Major Descriptors: *AMERICIUM 241 -- ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS; *AMERICIUM 241 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *NEPTUNIUM 237 -- ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS; *NEPTUNIUM 237 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES -ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS; *PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES -- RADIATION MONITORING Descriptors: ACTIVITY LEVELS; JAPAN; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER Broader Terms: ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; ASIA; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MONITORING; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Subject Categories: 655003* -- Medical Physics -- Dosimetry 10/5/351 (Item 51 from file: 103) 03128046 EDB-91-065481 Title: Bomb tests attack the food chain Author(s): Ruff, T. (Monash Medical School, Melbourne (Australia) ) Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (USA) v 46:2. Coden: BASIA ISSN: 0096-5243 ~ Publication Date: Mar 1990 p 32-34 Document Type: Journal Article Language: In English Journal Announcement: EDB9111 Subfile: ETD (Energy Technology Data Exchange). US DOE Project/NonDOE Project: NP JMT (DOE contractor) ~ military infrastructures and activities that accompany the tests. This is true for both the Marshall Islands near Bikini and Eniwetok, where U.S. tests took place, and in French Polynesia, in the area around Moruroa Atoll where the French government continues to test. Ciguatera poisoning has a disastrous effect on people who depend on fishing as a way of life and on fish as the major source of protein. 10 refs. Major Descriptors: *FISHES -- POISONING; *FOOD CHAINS -- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; *NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- TESTING; *OCEANIA -- FOOD CHAINS 90036491 Country of Origin: Australia Country of Publication: United States Abstract: Ciguatera poisoning, the most common type of fish poisoning in the world, has become a major public health problem in some parts of the South Pacific. This area has always been the site of periodic outbreaks, especially after severe storms or natural disasters that damage core reefs. But since World War II it has become evident that Military activities and major construction projects that wreak havoc on corals also lead to ciguatera outbreaks. Extraordinarily high rates of ciguatera poisoning have occurred on the small Pacific islands that have been used for nuclear tests and on the islands that host the