Document Details
Title:
RADIOISOTOPE CYCLING IN TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES AT ENIWETOK ATOLL
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
RADIOISOTOPES; PLANTS; GAMMA RADIATION; CESIUM 137; RODENTS; SOILS
Document Location:
Location - NNSA/NSO 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 - CIC@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1967 May 17
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0008
Accession Number:
NV0045017
Originating Research Org.:
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
Description/Abstract:
FROM PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RADIO ECOLOGY, HE LD AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, MAY 15-17, 1967. PLANT AND ANIMAL TISSUE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS ISLETS AT ENIWE TOK ATOLL IN 1964 AND 1965 HAVE BEEN ANALYZED FOR GAMMA RADIATION. CES IUM-137, THE MOST ABUNDANT ISOTOPE IN THE ANALYSIS, WAS FOUND IN PLANT TISSUES (LEAVES AND FRUIT) AND IN RATS (WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY VEGETAR IANS ON THESE ISLETS). BOTH PLANTS AND RATS FROM ISLETS (OR AREAS OF I SLETS) CLOSEST TO SITES OF THE MORE RECENT TEST OPERATIONS HAD THE HIG HER LEVELS OF CS-137. LEVELS IN THE BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY AT THE MOST D ISTANT POINT FROM THE OPERATIONS IN THE ATOLL WERE NEGLIGIBLE.