Abstract
Hartree-Fock calculations are used to investigate screening effects on the values of |ψ(0)|2 for heavy atoms. It is shown that such calculations represent reasonably well the actual screening behavior derived from observed isotope (and isomer) shifts. In addition to the already known importance of 5p and 5d electron screening effects, it is found, in the case of the actinides, that 5f screening effects are also important.