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Table 41
Mean Cesium-137 Levels Obtained by Whole-Body Counting, 1974
Male
No.
Bikini
Utirik
nCi
8
9
Rongelap
128
26?
22
BNL med. team
Female
475
4
nCi/kg bodywt.
No.
nCi
1.84 (0.43-5.11)
4.05 (2.64-6.84)
13
13
73
133
7.76 (4.37-16.3)
2.93
24
0.0332 (0.0134-0.0791)
nCi/kg bodywe.
1.15 (0.22-3.26)
2.13 (0.96-3.8)
304
3.13 (2.71-13.46)
Table 42
Dose to Bone Marrow(Data in mrad/year)
1958
1974
Rongelap
Rongelap
Utirik
Bikini
Internal
90Sr
11
13TCs
Natural (4°K,etc.)
8
5
60
31
44
44
175
112
81
65
250
134**
15
39
7
39
65
39
384
34
46
104
939
166
127
169
44
Total
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44
16
External
Residual gamma(in village areas)
Natural (cosmicetc.)
Total
Combined total
*137Cs 4 657,
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radioactivity at Rongelap.
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