with maximums of 204 and 356 micromicrocuries per gram, respectively. Gross
beta counts of some Guam and Palau samples prior to the arrival of the
Hardtack fallout indicate the presence of radionuclides from prior test
series.
Gamma-emitting nuclides other than naturally occurring potassium-40
included,
in order of abundance,
cobalt-57,
cobalt-60,
manganese-54,
ceriuml44, zinc-65, and silver-110m. The greatest value was 2, 30Q
micromicrocuries per gram of wet weight for clam kidney (Tridacnd). The
occurrence of silver-110m in the liver of the spiny lobster was of special
interest because it is a previously unreported fallout nuclide and so far
‘
has been detected only in spiny lobster. (auth)
Descriptors:
ALGAE ANIMALS BACKGROUND BETA DETECTION CLAMS CONFERENCE
CONTAMINATION CRABS ENVIRONMENT FALLOUT FISH KIDNEYS LIVER LOBSTERS
MEASURED VALUES MICROORGANISMS MONITORING MUSCLES NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PLANKTON RADIOACTIVITY SAMPLING SNAILS; ANIMALS CERIUM 144 COBALT 57 COBALT
60 CONTAMINATION FALLOUT GAMMA DETECTION LOBSTERS MANGANESE 54 NICKEL
ALLOYS PACIFIC OCEAN PALAU PALLADIUM ALLOYS PLATINUM ALLOYS POTASSIUM 40
SEA SILVER 110 VANADIUM ALLOYS ZINC 65
Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
10/5/137
240315
(Item 137 from file:
109)
NSA-17-030288
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FOR THE MORTALITY EFFECTS OF VARIOUS RADIATION
DOSAGE SCHEDULES.
First Report
Iberall, A.S.
Rand Development Corp., Cleveland
Publication Date: July 1963
Primary Report No.: TID-19010
Journal Announcement: NSA17
Document Type:
82 p.
Report
Language: English
Contract No.: AT(11-1)-1254
Data on the biological effects of radiation were accruod from laboratory
and field animal tests, clinical therapy, radiation accidents, the
accidental exposure of the Marshallese population, and the exposure of the
populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to radiation. Symptoms and effects
studied includod chromosome damage causing hereditary changes,
cancer, debilitating effects, and shortening of the life span.
induction of
The data
will be used in the preparation of a mathematical model of the effects of
radiation dose rate on life span.
(C.H.)
Descriptors:
ACCIDENTS;
AGE;
ANIMALS;
CARCINOGENESIS;
CHROMOSOMES;
CONTAMINATION;
ENVIRONMENT;
FALLOUT;
GENETICS;
HIROSHIMA;
MAN;
MARSHALL ISLANDS;
MATHEMATICS;
MEDICINE;
NAGASAKI;
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;
PHYSIOLOGY;
POPULATIONS;
RADIATION DOSES;
RADIATION EFFECTS;
RADIOBIOLOGY;
SURVIVAL TIME;
TESTING
Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
10/5/138
235505
(Item 138 from file:
NSA-17-025473
109)
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MEDICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAP PEOPLE EIGHT YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO FALLOUT
Conrad, R.A.; Meyer, L.M.; Sutow, W.W.; Moloney, W.C.; Lowrey, A.;
Document Type:
9003621
Hicking, A.; Riklon, E.
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
Publication Date: Jan. 1963
76 p
Primary Report No.: BNL-780; BNL-T-296
Secondary Report No.: BNL-T-296
Journal Announcement: NSA17
Report
Language: English
Contract No.: AT(30-2) -GEN-16
Results are presented of a medical survey of the people of Rongelap in
the Marshall Islands, carried out in March 1962 at 8 years after accidental
exposure to fallout from a high yield thermonuclear device during Castle
Operation in the Pacific Proving Grounds in March 1954. Sixty-four
inhabitants of Rongelap, 105 nautical miles from the detonation, received
an estimated dose of 175 r of whole-body
the skin sufficient to result in beta burns,
radiation, contamination of
and slight internal absorption