Document Details
Title:
MEASUREMENT OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION IN FISH
Author(s):
UNK, [* AEC-HQ]
Document Location:
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
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1971 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097095
Document Number(s):
AEC729299
Originating Research Org.:
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY, U. OF CA
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
MEASUREMENT OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION IN FISH...A SENSITIVE ONE-MINUTE TEST THAT CAN MEASURE MERCURY CONTAMINATION IN FISH AT SEA HAS BEEN DE VELOPED AT THE LBL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BY DR. TETSUO HADEI SHI (SHOWN) AN ATOMIC PHYSICIST. IT APPEARS TO HAVE CONSIDERABLE POTE NTIAL VALUE TO THE FISHING INDUSTRY. IT CAN BE PERFORMED BY NON-SCIEN TIFIC PERSONNEL USING A SAMPLE OF FISH ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PINHEAD AND A SUITCASE SIZED INSTRUMENT. NO CHEMICAL PREPARATION IS NECESSARY AS DR. HADEISHI DEMONSTRATES. HE MERELY INSERTS A SAMPLE OF FISH INTO T HE INSTRUMENTS OVEN (WHITE ABOVE HIS HAND). THE INSTRUMENT DOES THE R EST GIVING A PARTS-PER BILLION CONTAMINATION READING ON A METER ABOUT A MINUTE LATER. DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEST WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF BASIC RE SEARCH AT THE LABORATORY WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE AEC