Radiological dose assessments of atolls in the Northern Marshall Islands

Conference · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Proceedings of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; (United States)

OSTI ID:5779880

Robison, W L

Methods and models used to estimate the radiation doses to a returning population of the atolls in the Marshall Islands are presented. In this environment natural processes have acted on source-term radionuclides for nearly 30 years. The data bases developed for the models, and the results of the radiological dose analyses at the various atolls are described. The major radionuclides in order of their contribution to the total estimated doses were /sup 137/Cs, /sup 90/Sr, /sup 239/ /sup 240/Pu, /sup 241/Am, and /sup 60/Co. Exposure pathways in order of their contribution to the estimated doses were: terrestrial food chain, external ..gamma.., marine food chain, inhalation, and cistern water and ground water. 56 references, 13 figures, 16 tables.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5779880
• Report Number(s): CONF-830460-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; (United States) Journal Volume: 5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ADULTS
AGE GROUPS
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHILDREN
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
CONTAMINATION
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DIET
DOSE EQUIVALENTS
DOSES
DRINKING WATER
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPLOSIONS
FOOD CHAINS
GAMMA RADIATION
GROUND WATER
HEAVY NUCLEI
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INHALATION
INTAKE
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISLANDS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MICRONESIA
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
OCEANIA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES