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MARSHALL ISLANDS RADIOLOGICAL FOLLOWUP

GREENHOUSE, N A; MCCRAW, T F

BRAVO EVENT; FALLOUT; EVACUATIONS; DECAY; RADIATION MONITORING; FISSION PRODUCTS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; SOILS; WATER; FOOD; PLUTONIUM 239; AMERICIUM; GAMMA RADIATION; DOSE RATES; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; ANTIMONY 125; RHODIUM 102M; POTASSIUM 40; STRONTIUM 90; ACTIVITY LEVELS; PLANT TISSUES; EUROPIUM 155; BISMUTH 207; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 238; ISOTOPE RATIO; DIET; RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; URINE; DATA

Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV

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0006

NV0005683

BNL20767

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

1994 Aug 26

2003 Sep 18

IN AUGUST, 1968, PRESIDENT JOHNSON ANNOUNCED THAT THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI ATOLL WOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMELAND. THEREAFTER, SIMILAR APPROVAL WAS GIVEN FOR THE RETURN OF THE PEOPLES OF ENEWETAK. THESE TWO REGIONS, WHICH COMPRISED THE PACIFIC NUCLEAR TESTING AREAS FROM 19 46 TO 1958, WILL PROBABLY BE REPOPULATED BY THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS A ND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. AS PART OF ITS CONTINUING RES PONSIBILITY TO INSURE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CONNECTION WITH THE NUCLEAR PROGRAMS UNDER ITS SPONSORSHIP, ERDA (FORMERLY AEC) HAS CO TRACTED BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY TO ESTABLISH RADIOLOGICAL SAFET Y AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMS FOR THE RETURNING BIKINI AND ENEWETAK PEOPLES. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING PAPER . THEY ARE DESIGNED TO DEFINE THE EXTERNAL RADIATION ENVIRONMENT, ASS ESS RADIATION DOSES FROM INTERNAL EMITTERS IN THE HUMAN FOOD CHAIN, MA KE LONG RANGE PREDICTIONS OF TOTAL DOSES AND DOSE COMMITMENTS TO INDIV IDUALS AND TO EACH POPULATION GROUP, AND TO SUGGEST ACTIONS WHICH WILL MINIMIZE DOSE VIA THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PATHWAYS.