Dunning (1957).
Collections of marine organisms for radio-~
biological analyses
also were made in the
western Pacific
following the Redwing (1956) and Hardtack (1958) test series.
The 1956
collection was
made by the
Foundation at Saipan, Guam,
George Vanderbilt
Ulithi, Yap and Palau and was
sent to the Hanford Atomic Products Operation laboratories
for analysis.
(1958).
The results have been published by Thomas etal.
Following Hardtack the
made six collections
George Vanderbilt Foundation
(at three-month intervals)
Palau and the Gulf of Siam.
at Guam,
These collections were sent to
the Laboratory of Radiation Biology for analysis.
There was also another gampling program for radiobiological analyses made at the time of Hardtack.
A series of col-
lections of tuna
and Indian
from the
western Pacific
Oceans were made by the Japanese.
One-half of the samples,
which were obtained at the port of landing in Japan, were
sent to the Laboratory of Radiation Biology for analysis.
The analyses made by the National Institute of Health,
have been reported by Kawabata
Tokyo,
(1960).
The present report will be confined to the results of
the
studies made at the ten
one test gite island
encompasses
"off-site"
islands and the
shown in Figure 1, during a period which
three nuclear
testing programs at the
Eniwetok
OFMIC ba