Bravo test

Selders, A. A., Cline, J. F. and Rediske, J. H. (1956). Uptake of radioactive elements from Bravo test site soil, page 87 in Biology Research—Annual Report (for) 1955, Report No. HW-41500 (Office of Technical Services, Washington). 

In 1978, it was determined that for the inhabitants of Bikini Atoll a tenfold increase in the body content of the radionuclide Cs had occurred (Miltenberger et al., 1980). This increase was the result of a combination of the coconut trees starting to bear fruit and a drought that led to increased consumption of coconut fluid. Apart from assessments of the long-term impacts on the Bikinians, studies have been conducted on service personnel and Japanese fishermen exposed, in particular, as a consequence of the Castle Bravo test (Klenm et al., 1986 Kumatori et al., 1980 Eisenbud, 1987 Sharp and Chapman, 1957). 

Bikini Atoll (not specified)a, U.S. Nuclear Test Site from 1946 to 1958, including BRAVO explosion on 3/1/54 Robison etal. 1997b... 

Bravo EL, Tarazi RC, Fouad PM, Vidt DG, Gifford RW, Jr. Clonidine-suppression test a useful aid in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. N Engl J Med 1981 305 623-6. 

Fig 1. Layout of the Radiant Brass set of field experiments conducted at the Bravo 20 test range, Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. An F-18 delivered munitions along three different approach vectors. Static detonations occurred at Clay Craters, Flard Sand and Rock/Rubble. 

Several methods have been proposed for predicting values of and as functions of system, flow conditions, and packing type. While the Bolles/Fair random packing method has a broad validation, most of the supporting data are from distillation tests. It is described in Chapter 12. A better model for absorption is based on the work of Onda et al., as modified by Bravo and Fair, and is detailed below. For the gas mass transfer coefficient. 

The sediments exposed to weapons testing or adjacent to nuclear facilities have accommodated significant amounts of Tc. The Bravo Crater, Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, eontains calcareous debris rather rich in Tc. The IAEA sediments were collected near the reprocessing plant at Bombay, India. There was a measurable Tc content in the coastal sediments collected off the coasts of Peru and Chile. This might be related to the mineral phosphorite. Samples of Whitehaven Harbour sediments were taken near the Sellaficld, UK, reprocessing plant outfall. Tc was also detected in sediments from the Clyde Estuary, UK. but with no evident differences from those taken from anoxic or from oxic areas [80]. 

Garcia-Perez A, Garcia-Bravo B, Beneit JV (1984) Standard patch tests in agricultural workers. Contact Dermatitis 10 151-153 Gauchia R, Rodriguez-Serna M, Silvestre JF, Linana JJ, Aliaga A... 

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