Medical status of Marshallese accidentally exposed to 1954 Bravo fallout radiation, January 1983-December 1984

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5488552· OSTI ID:5488552

Adams, W H; Engle, J R; Harper, J A; Heotis, P M; Scott, W A

March 1, 1984, was the 30th anniversary of the Bravo thermonuclear test that resulted in the accidental exposure of the populations of Rongelap and Utirik atolls to radioactive fallout. The chronicling of the medical events resulting from that exposure is continued in this report, which covers the period from January 1983 through December 1984. An updated listing of all relevant publications from the Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, is presented in the Reference Section. Thirty years of observation continue to show no detectable increase in mortality in the exposed population as a result of that exposure. The survival curves of the high-exposure Rongelap group, the low-exposure Utirik population, and an unexposed group of Rongelap people matched by age and sex to the exposed Rongelap group in 1957 continue to be similar. 89 refs., 2 figs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5488552
• Report Number(s): BNL-51958; ON: DE86006416
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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