Concentrations of radionuclides in reef and lagoon pelagic fish from the Marshall Islands
A radiological survey was conducted from September through November of 1978 to assess the concentrations of persistent man-made radionuclides in the terrestrial and marine environments of 11 atolls and 2 islands of the Northern Marshall Islands. The atolls and islands include Rongelap, Utirik, Taka, Bikar, Rongerik, Ailinginae, Likiep, Jemo, Ailuk, Mejet, Wotho, Ujelang and Bikini. Over 4000 terrestrial and marine samples were collected for radionuclide analysis from 76 different islands. Soils, vegetation, indigenous animals, and cistern and groundwater were collected from the islands. Reef fish, pelagic species, clams, lagoon water, and sediments were obtained from the lagoons. A report is given of all available concentration data for /sup 137/Cs, /sup 90/Sr, /sup 239+240/Pu, /sup 238/Pu, /sup 241/Am as well as naturally occurring /sup 40/K and other gamma emitting radionuclides in tissues and organs of different species of fish collected from the atolls.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Berkeley (USA); Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6456029
- Report Number(s):
- UCID-19028; ON: DE81026319; TRN: 81-014204
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
FISHES
RADIOACTIVITY
MARSHALL ISLANDS
RADIATION MONITORING
MOLLUSCS
PLANTS
SOILS
AMERICIUM 241
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CESIUM 137
COASTAL WATERS
DATA COMPILATION
GAMMA RADIATION
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
ORGANS
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
POTASSIUM 40
RADIOISOTOPES
SEDIMENTS
STRONTIUM 90
SURFACE WATERS
TISSUES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CESIUM ISOTOPES
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INVERTEBRATES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISLANDS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MICRONESIA
MONITORING
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
OCEANIA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATIONS
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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