Document Details
Title:
BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS COLLECTED ON THE OCEAN REEF OF ENIWETOK ATOLL
Author(s):
UNK, [UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE]
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:
1967 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097112
Document Number(s):
AEC678181
Originating Research Org.:
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE CONDITION OF BIKINI AND ENIWETOK ATOLLS SIX YEARS AFTER THE LAST U .S. ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TEST THERE WAS CHECKED BY UNIVERSITY OF WASHIN GTON SEATTLE SCIENTISTS IN AUGUST 1964 UNDER AN AEC CONTRACT. BIOLOGI CAL RESURVEYS OF THE PACIFIC ATOLLS HAVE BEEN MADE INTERMITTENTLY SINC E 1946 TO CHECK ON EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING. TH E ISLANDS ONCE VIRTUALLY BARREN ARE OVERGROWN WITH VEGETATION. RADIAT ION LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO NEAR BACKGROUND. RAINWATER IN THE SOIL IS APPARENTLY SAFE FOR DRINKING. COCONUT TREES THE MAINSTAY OF THE ISLAN D ECONOMY ARE MULTIPLYING NATURALLY. ALL OF THE EXPECTED SPECIES OF C RABS FISHES BIRDS AND RATS ARE PERHAPS MORE NUMEROUS IN AND AROUND THE ISLANDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN FOR FOOD FOR YEARS. IT WAS APPARENT TO THE SURVEY TEAM THAT THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WE APONS TESTING FROM 1946 THRU 1958 ARE RAPIDLY FADING. COLLECTING BIOL OGICAL SPECIMENS ON THE OCEAN REEF ENIWETOK ATOLL...ROBERT JOSEPHSON L EFT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AND STEVEN MARCH A GRADUATE STUDENT BOTH UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA COLLECT SPECIMENS FOR STUDY NEAR PARRY I SLAND