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
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
COASTAL WATERS
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FISHES
GAMMA RADIATION
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INVERTEBRATES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISLANDS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MICRONESIA
MOLLUSCS
MONITORING
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
OCEANIA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
PLANTS
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
POTASSIUM 40
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE WATERS
TISSUES
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES