Radioactivity Background and Oceanographic Conditions in the Pacific Proving Grounds at the Start of Operation Redwing.

摘要

Background radioactivity and oceanographic conditions in the Pacific Proving Ground are of significance in evaluating the contaminating effects of REDWING events, in the understanding of the fallout problem at sea and extrapolation to land fallout patterns. As a part of Project 2.62, a month-long study has been made of radioactivity in water, organisms, and bottom sediments, and of currents and physical character of the water over a 140,000 square mile area around Bikini Atoll.