Document Details
Title:
COLLECTING ALGAE SPECIMENS FROM THE BIKINI LAGOON
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:
NV0097299
Document Number(s):
AEC678191
Originating Research Org.:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
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. BIOLO GICAL RESURVEYS OF THE PACIFIC ATOLLS HAVE BEEN AMDE INTERMITTENTLY SI NCE 1946 TO CHECK ON EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING. THE ISLANDS ONCE VIRTUALLY BARREN ARE OVERGROWN WITH VEGETATION. RADI ATION LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO NEAR BACKGROUND. RAINWATER IN THE SOIL I S APPARENTLY SAFE FOR DRINKING. COCONUT TREES THE MAINSTAY OF THE ISL AND ECONOMY ARE MULTIPLYING NATURALLY. ALL OF THE EXPECTED SPECIES OF CRABS FISHES BIRDS AND RATS ARE PERHAPS MORE NUMEROUS IN AND AROUND T HE ISLANDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN FOR FOOD FOR YEARS. IT WA S APPARENT TO THE SURVEY TEAM THAT THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING FROM 1946 THRU 1958 ARE RAPIDLY FADING. COLLECTING AL GAE SPECIMENS FROM THE BIKINI LAGOON...THE EXPEDITION BOTANIST SCOUTS FOR ALGAE AMONG THE CORAL REEFS IN THE LAGOON WITH SNORKEL AND RUBBER- SOLED SHOES. SEAWEEK SPECIMENS WERE PLACED IN OVENS TO DRY AND THEN P ACKAGED IN DEHYDRATED FORM FOR TRANSSHIPMENT TO THE LABORATORY OF RADI ATION BIIOLOGY IN SEATTLE FOR RADIOACTIVITY ANALYSIS.