Finding Aids
Radioactive Fallout
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BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
U.S. Department of Energy
Upton, New York
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is the primary agency monitoring radiological effects of nuclear testing in the Pacific, especially the 1954 Castle Bravo shot. BNL's studies have been conducted by two different divisions in the laboratory. First, the Clinical Center maintains medical records of the individual Marshall Islanders from 1954 to the present. These records include x-rays, slides of thyroid tissues, and urine samples in addition to medical reports. The Radiological Safety Program conducts tests and maintains records concerning whole body counts and tracking of radioactive materials through individuals. Both sets of information have been summarized in published laboratory reports and in scientific journals; the actual raw data are subject to privacy laws and are thus not available to the public. The monitoring information reports have not been placed into one collection but are located in various offices of the laboratory's Safety and Environmental Protection Division. Raw data which has not been indexed or summarized is also within this Division.
DESCRIPTION
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TOTAL SIZE (FEET)
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POTENTIALLY RELEVANT (FEET)
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HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION
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VALUE
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Clinical Center: Medical records of Marshall Islanders exposed to 1954 fallout from Castle shot (including duplicates)
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154.5 |
154.5 |
Unclassified but subject to privacy laws |
Peripheral |
Radiological Safety Program: Whole body counts, tracking of radioactivity through
body (including duplicates)
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45 |
39 |
Unclassified but subject to privacy laws |
Peripheral |
Data from fallout in Upton area: Reports plus raw data on monitoring
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10 |
10 |
Unclassified but subject to privacy laws |
Peripheral |
CONTACT
CLINICAL CENTER:
Dr. William Adams, MD
Medical Research Center, Bldg. 490
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY 11973
(516) 282-2108
or
William Scott
(516) 282-2304
RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY PROGRAM:
Dr. Casper Sun, Health Physicist
Marshall Islands Radiological Safety Program
Radiological Science Division
Building 703 M, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY 11973
(516) 282-3469
FOR MONITORING RECORDS:
Mr. William R. Casey
Safety and Environmental Protection Division
Building 535A
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY 11973
(516) 282-4654
  
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