APPENDIX
SAMPLE CASE INTERVIEW
After being evacuated to Kwajalein on 2 March

1954, all of the military

personnel assigned to Rongerik Atoll were interviewed to determine their specific
activities during the period | March until their subsequent evacuation on 2 March.
Some

of

the

interviews

provided

sufficient

detail

to

determine an individual's

activities, hence his whereabouts, on an hour-to-hour basis.

Because the film badge

dose estimates in this memorandum are based on seventeen such interviews, this

appendix shows how these data are utilized in calculating the film badge doses.
Reference 3 contains a summary of the interviews obtained from the 28 military

personnel after being evacuated to Kwajalein.

The results of an interview with CN

496, extracted from Reference 3, is as follows:
CN 406
Duty. Rawinsonde Operator.
Activities. | March: On duty day of 1 March until 1630. Took shower before
chow. Attended movie in messhall.

2 March: Worked outside, helping to wash outside of mess hall.
Clothing. Wore shorts until 1530. Changed to long clothing.
Food and Drink. Ate evening meal ! March. Had coffee for breakfast, 2 Warch.

No lunch.
Fallout. Observed fallout at about 1500. "White ashes; light, floated down,"
Film Badge. None. CN408 wore badge for group.

Evacuates. In first group (1245 hours, 2 March).

Note: High school education. Thirteen months remaining of present enlistment.
Based on the interview with CN 406, it is possible to estimate where this
individual was at a particular time and, hence, determine what radiation protection
was provided by the particular building he was in. When a particular structure was not
specified, it was assumed he was outdoors (PF=1.0).

Table 6 details the activities of

CN 406 as inferred from his interview, and lists the calculated film badge dose for this

individual during his stay on Rongerik.

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