Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This report is organized to reflect study of the characteristics of the land and people, elements of environmental and dose modeling, characteristics of potential remediation activities, the applicability of dose limits, and recommendations for post-resettlement monitoring.
Synopsis
As a result of contamination by radionuclides released during nuclear weapons testing by the United States during the 1940s and 1950s, the residents of Rongelap Atoll were evacuated from the Marshall Islands.
This book provides an assessment of issues surrounding their resettlement and an evaluation of radiological conditions on certain Marshall Islands, particularly Rongelap Atoll.