Document Details
Title:
PHOTO SHOWS ADULT AND HALF GROWN IRRADIATED INSECTS
Author(s):
UNKNOWN, [BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY]
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:
1963 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097186
Document Number(s):
AEC636887
Originating Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
IRRADIATED INSECTS...PERUS FAMOUS LONG STAPLE COTTON CROPS HAVE BEEN E NDANGERED BY A STRAIN OF DDT RESISTENT ARREBIATADO (DIASDERCUS RUFICOL IS) INSECTS. WHILE THE COMMISSIONS "ATOMS AT WORK" EXHIBIT WAS BEING SHOWN IN LIMA PERUVIAN SCIENTISTS ASSISTED BY BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABO RATORY PERSONNEL BEGAN A STUDY OF THE INSECTS LIFE PATTERNS TO DETERMI NE IF THE ARREBIATADO CAN BE ERADICATED BY RADIATION STERILIZATION. P HOTO SHOWS ADULT AND HALF GROWN INSECTS WHICH WERE GROWN FROM PUPAE IR RADIATED IN THE EXHIBITS 2,000 CURIE COBALT 60 POOL TYPE GAMMA IRRADIA TION FACILITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY COULD BE STERILIZED BY THIS ME THOD