Table 4.

Estimated integral whole-body external gamma doses for first year and for

30 years. Values include contribution due to natural background radiation of
about 0.027 rem for first-year dose and 0.80 rem for 30-year dose. For comparison, Federal Radiation Guide values (total of external and internal doses) for
individuals are 0.5 rem for first year and 5 rem for 30 years.
Estimated doses (rem)

Case

Description

First-year

1

Village on Eneu Island

2

Residence in houses already constructed along

3

Residence in houses already constructed along
lagoon road on Bikini Island with following
remedial actions taken:

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Placing 5 cm of gravel around houses

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4.04

b.

Removing and replacing top 20 cm of soil
around houses

0.19

3.87

0.22

4.47

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4.29

Residence in Phase II houses constructed along
lagoon road within area 2 of Fig. 4 with following

remedial actions taken:

a.

Placing 5 cm of gravel around houses

b.

Removing and replacing top 20 cm of soil
around houses

5

Residence in Phase II houses constructed within
the interior of Bikini Island

6

Residence in Phase II houses constructed within

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guide values are given in Table 4 for each case under consideration.

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should keep in mind that these cases are only approximations of the expected living
patterns and should regard the results accordingly.

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The minimum external doses, as one

Might expect, may be realized by living on Eneu Island.

Estimated values, including

natural background, are 0.12 rem during the first year and 2.7 rem over 30 years.

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significant fraction of these values is due to exposure received while visiting other
islands having higher contamination levels.

Future inhabitants of the existing houses

constructed along the lagoon road on Bikini Island, case 2, may expect to receive firstyear and 30-year integral doses of 0.2 and 4.2 rem respectively.

Remedial actions,

cases 3a and 3b, reduce the 30-year values by a few tenths of a rem.

These values would

increase somewhat if the Phase II houses were constructed within area 2 of Fig. 4, cases
4a and 4b, due to the higher gamma exposure rates measured in this area.

If, on the

other hand, the Phase II houses were built within the interior of Bikini Island instead
of along the shores, cases 5 and 6, one would expect the external dose levels to increase
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