SLIDE 43
Environmental levels of external exposure.
Exposure rates were observed to
decline following each test.
At Rongelap and Utirik the residual levels from
BRAVO fallout overshadowed the residual radiation from other tests.

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rate would return to the BRAVO baseline within several weeks.
The levels at
Bikini Island during the early 70's were about 5 times the levels at
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the extensive clean-up at Enewetak prior to rehabitation.

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