tern o,
terns lead to doses at least three
Living on £ikini Island and
aiet from Bikini <siand,
ine terres-
times higher, and with the unmodified
iriai and external zamma rathways con-
Bikini Living cattern, Pattern 6,
cribute approximateiy 88% and 12% of
doses are at least six times higher
che pone marrow dose and a2proximately
chan with the Eneu living Partern l.
32% and ~3% of the whole codv dose,
It is clear,
respectively.
Island provides by a significant
cr
stal
In other words,
99% of
that Eneu
degree the lowest dose living pattern
dose in Pattern > results
at Bikini Atoll.
from the terrestrial and external
gamma pathways.
therefore,
the
The integral 30-vr
For comparison,
the Federal guide-
doses for bone marrow range from
lines for whole body and bone marrow
5.8 rem in Pattern 1 (Eneu) to 42 rem
dose for a member or the population is
in Pattern 6
(Bikini).
24-2
3.5 rem/yr.-> 26
The corres-
Over a 30-vr period,
ponding whole body doses are 4.2 rem
the guideline for a population is
in Pattern 1 to 28 rem in Pattern 6.
5 rem.
The Enevu living pattern (Pat-
tern 1)
leads to predicted 30-yr doses
As dietary remedial measures are
taken on Bikini Isiand, thar is Pat-
for whole body and bone marrow of
terns 2,
4.2 rem and 5.8 rem, respectively,
3, 4, and 5, which are varia-
tions of Pattern 6, the relative con-
which are near the Federal guidelines.
tribution or the exposure cathwavs to
Pattern 6 (the Bikini Island living
total dose changes.
pattern) results in predicted 30-yr
However,
the
pathways that contribute the largest
doses of 28 rem for the whole body and
fraction of the total dose continue to
42 rem for the bone marrow; these
be the terrestrial food chain and
doses are approximately 6 to 8 times
external gamma pathways.
the Federal guidelines.
A summary of
The other
the percentage contribution of each
living patterns (Patterns 2 through 5),
pathway to total dose in each living
which include various remedial measures
pattern is listed in Table 32.
and are variations of the basic Pat-
The summation of the 30-yr and 50-yr
tern 6 living pattern, lead to predic=
integral doses for bone marrow and
ted whole body doses that range from
whole body in the six living patterns
16 to 19 rem and bone marrow doses
is listed in Table 33.
that range from 18 rem to 24 rem.
The Eneu living
All
pattern, Pattern 1, results in the
of these are in excess of the Federal
lowest dose.
guidelines.
All other living pat-
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