INFORMATION ON THE RADIOACTIVITY OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN WATER (Nekotorye Svedeniya o Radioaktivnosti Vod Tikhogo Okeana),

Abstract

Variations in the content of Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 from 1959 to 1961 in Californian and Japanese waters are discussed. The report is based on studies conducted by T. Folsom, Y. Miyake, and other Janpanese scientists. On the basis of samples taken at various times, locations and depths, it is found that the ocean pollution by radioactive wastes has been caused by the explosions of atomic and hydrogen bombs in the Marshall Islands area and that the pollution has propagated by means of ocean currents and turbulent intermixing. Three tables and a graph illustrate the report. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0689686

Entities

People

  • N. N. Sysoev
  • Yu. I. Kirilyuk

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Explosions
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Hazards
  • Hydrogen
  • Islands
  • Landforms
  • Marshall Islands
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Radioactive Pollutants
  • Radioactive Wastes
  • Radioactivity
  • Scientists
  • Strontium

Readers

  • Information Retrieval
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Oceanography.