Medical Survey of the People of Rongelap and Utirik Islands Nine and Ten Years After Exposure to Fallout Radiation (March 1963 and March 1964)

Ra, Conard; Lm, Meyer; Ww, Sutow; Js, Robertson; Je, Rall; Robbins, James M.; Je, Jesseph; Jb, Deisher; Hicking, A; Lanwi, I; Ea, Gusmano; Eicher, Manuela

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“…Data from BNL have been summarized to determine the body weights of the Marshallese people [22,23,24,25,2] . The average adult male body weight is 72 kg for Bikini, 71 kg for Enewetak, and 69 kg for Utirik.…”

Section: Body Weights and Biological Half-life Of 137 Csmentioning

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Evaluation of critical pathways, radionuclides, and remedial measures for reducing the radiological dose to returning populations at a former nuclear test site

Robison¹

1997

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t o r yThis is a preprint of a paper intended for publication in a journal or proceedings. Since changes may be made before publication, this preprint is made available with the understanding that it will not be cited or reproduced without the permission of the author. This paper gives a general outline of the remediation experiments with a more detailed description of a preferred Ôcombined optionÕ. Our comparative evaluation on various remedial methods show that the combined optionÑpotassium treatment of the entire islands with limited excavation of soil in village and housing areasÑwill be effective in reducing the dose to about 10% of pretreatment levels, and offers very significant benefits with respect to adverse environmental impacts as well as savings in overall costs, time, and required expert resources.

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Section: Body Weights and Biological Half-life Of 137 Csmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of critical pathways, radionuclides, and remedial measures for reducing the radiological dose to returning populations at a former nuclear test site

Robison¹

1997

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“…The exposed people were evacuated from these ical surveys carried out during the past 3 years islands by plane and ship about 2 days after the (March 1967(March , 1968(March , and 1969 on the people of accident and taken to Kwajalein Naval Base Rongdap and Utirik Atolls who had been exposed about 150 miles to the south, where they received to fallout radiation in March 1954. Earlier find-extensive examinations for the following 3 months, ings are also reviewed.…”

Section: Medical Survey Of the People Of Rongelap And Utirsk Islands mentioning

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Medical Survey of the People of Rongelap and Utirik Islands Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen Years After Exposure to Fallout Radiation (March 1967, March 1968, and March 1969).

Conard¹,

Sutow²,

Lowrey³

1970

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This report was prepared as an account of Government sponsored work. Neither the United States, nor the Commission, nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission: A. Makes any warranty or representation, expressed or implied, with respect to the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information contained in this report, or that the use cl any information, apparatus, method, or process disclosed in this report may not infringe privately owned rights; or B. Assumes any liabilities with respect to the use of, or for damages resulting from the use of any information, apparatus, method, or process disclosed in this report. As used in the above, "person acting on behalf of the Commission" includes any employee or contractor of the Commission, or employee of such contractor, to the extent that such employee or contractor of the Commission, or employee of such contractor prepares, disseminates, or provides access to, any information nursuant to his employment or contract with the Commission, or his employment with such contractor.

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“…BRAVO was also responsbile for significant personnel exposures and environmental contamination on the inhabited atolls, Rongelap, Rongerik, Ailinginae and Utirik, as a result of a wind shear which transported a large portion of the airborne debris to the east. Medical and environmental evaluations at Rongelap and Utirik Atolls have been undertaken periodically for the past 25 years [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. *The submitted manuscript has been authored under contract EY-76-C-02-O01G with the U.S. Department of Energy.…”

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Dosimetry methods and results for the former residents of Bikini Atoll

Greenhouse¹

1979

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Si'2 The U.S. Government utilized Bikini and Enewetak Atolls in the northern Marshall Islands of Micronesia for atmospheric tests of nuclear explosives in the 1940's and 1950's. The original inhabitants of these atolls were relocated prior to the fests; and once the testing ceased in 1953, they petitioned the government to allow them to return. Radiological analyses of the Bikini environment in the 1960's indicated that with proper rehabilitation, the atoll could be reinhabited, and that the residents would receive acceptable doses from residual radioactivity. During the early 1970's, a small but growing population of Marshallese people reinhabited Bikini primarily to assist in government-sponsored cleanup and rehabitation programs. Environmental and personnel radiological monitoring programs were begun by Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1974 to ensure that doses and dose commitments received by Bikini residents remained within U.S. Federal Radiation Council guidelines. Dramatic increases were noted in ^37£ s body burdens among the inhabitants between April 1977 and 1978, and these observations may have played a significant role in the governnent decision to move the 140 Bikinians in residence at that time off of the atoll in August 1978. The average-Cs body burden for the population was 2.3 uCi in April 1978, and subsequent whole body counts after the August departure indicate that this was close to the equilibrium value. Several individuals, however, exceeded the maximair. permissible body burden of 3 uCi, and some approached 6 uCi. The resultant total dose commitment was less than 200 mrera for the average resident. The average total dose for the mean residence interval of 4.5 years '.vas about 1 rem. The sources ••£ exposure, the probable cause of the unexpected increase in l"cs body burdens, and the methods for calculating radionuclide intake and resultant doses are discussed in this paper, Suggestions are offered as to the implications of the most significant exposure pathways for the future inhabitation of Bikini and Eaewetak.

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Medical Survey of the People of Rongelap and Utirik Islands Nine and Ten Years After Exposure to Fallout Radiation (March 1963 and March 1964)

Abstract: Ce~ical lacerations Congerutal defects Dislocation of hip Prominen~head of ulna Bilateral shorterung of 5th finger Poiydactylism Dislocated wrist FlexIon deformity, fingers

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Evaluation of critical pathways, radionuclides, and remedial measures for reducing the radiological dose to returning populations at a former nuclear test site

Evaluation of critical pathways, radionuclides, and remedial measures for reducing the radiological dose to returning populations at a former nuclear test site

Medical Survey of the People of Rongelap and Utirik Islands Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen Years After Exposure to Fallout Radiation (March 1967, March 1968, and March 1969).

Dosimetry methods and results for the former residents of Bikini Atoll

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