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A radiological survey was performed at Bikini by a medical team
headed by Dr. Robert A. Conard, Brookhaven National Laboratory, in April
1974, In a preliminary report of the findings of the survey, Dr. Conard
stated that gamma spectrographic analysis (whole-body counts) were carried
out on 31 people at Bikini, including members of the families who had
returned. Preliminary analysis of the data give the estimete=thatzofthe
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Body burden (uCi, 1975)
137 Cs):
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18 males
0.129
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13 females
0.073
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*Using 3 uCi MPC-based on the standard 1/10 of the maximum permissible
burden for industrial populations which is 50 uCi according the the
Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological
Protection, ICRP Publication 2 (1959).
In the-xceport Dr. Conard stated:
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about 95% of the\gamma radiation on the island. °P¥e@Liminary analyses 2<__
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