SLIDE 29
Activity intake by inhalation.

Airborne activity intakes were dependent upon

the breathing rate of individuals during fallout cloud passage.

Breathing

We arrived at this conclusion

rate was assumed proportional to body mass.

based on reference data given by ICRP for persons less than 58 kg (ICRP74).
Adult reference values for breathing rates (ICRP74) were assumed for all
Marshallese adults regardless of body mass. At Rongelap Island, BRAVO debris

passed during the afternoon, a period of light physical activity for the
At Utirik Island, the debris passed during the night, a period of
population.
At Sifo Island a period of light physical activity was assumed in
resting.
On the
order to estimate breathing rate during the morning they were exposed.
basis of urine results and breathing rate, it was determi q¢d that inhalation
Less than 1% of
I.
could not account for the estimated activity intake for

the intake could be attributed to inhalation.

In fact lethal external

exposure rates would have to accompany significant radioiodine intakes if

inhalation was assumed to be the dominant intake pathway leading to the urine
activity excreted on day 17.

ESTIMATE OF INHALED ACTIVITY*
Body
Weight

KBq

kg

1357

47

70
30

890 520

370
220

410
240

97
55

18
10

110
59

20
12

Utirik Adult Male
Utirik Child

70
30

70
41

_
_

1200
700

410
230

78
44

410
230

59
35

Sifo Adult Male
Sifo Child

70
30

81
48

85
48

Rongelap Adult Male
Rongelap Child

a

.

:

-

a

85
48

.

1327

4.4
2.5

WSly

0.85
0.48
aos

Air concentrations normalized to exposure rate measurements and fallout composition.

3]

2,

5.5
3.2

inn,

Ll
0.59

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