Table 4.

Cumulative (1979) dose equivalent summary (rem) for adults (classified as persons >16 years of age upon return to Utirik in June
1954 or to Rongelap in June 1957 and having a mean body mass >60
kg).

Nuclide

Utirik

Rongelap

Utirik

Total-body

90cr

0.0118

55Fe
137o¢5

0.0329
1.13

60co

0.507

657n

Total internal
Net external*

Total

12.5

14.2
3.19

Thyroid

0.0267

0.000749

- 8.0230
1.71
0.0143

Total

internal

Net external*

Total

19.6

3.19

22.8

0.123
0.0422
2.57
0.0177
0.103
2.86

0.0101

ll.

0.0672

13.1
3.19

3.87

0.0537
0.0603
1.70
0.629
17.2

0.0415
2.35

0.359

0.0757

2.47
2.02

16.3

Red marrow

90g,
55Fe
1376,
60¢,
652n

0.00169

0.0594
1.55

1.85
2.02

17.4

Rongelap

4.49
Testes-ovaries

0.000749-0.000749
0.0583-0.0620
1.54-1.74
0.442-1.78
11.3-16.3

2.02

4.88

13.3-19.9

0.00169-0.0016
0.0736-0.0433
2.33-2.63
0.0125-0.0520
0.0685-0.0988

3.19

2.49=-2.82

2.02

16.5-23.1

4.51-4.84

Lower large intestine wall

90s_

0.225

I3los
60¢q
6520

0.591
4.66
15.0

I5Fe

Total internal
Net external*

Total

0.0666

20.5

3.19

23.7

0.567

0.0465

0.895
0.132
0.0910
1.73

2.02

3.75

0.000671

0.115

1.81
0.792
16.5

0.00152

0.0804

2.74
0.0223
0.136

19.2

2.98

3.19

2.02

22.4

5.00

*A value of 0.73 rads in tissue of interest per roentgen measured in air at

one meter above the surface was used to convert exposure in air to dose
equivalent. The source was assumed to be exponential distribution of 137¢,

activity with depth in soil, typical of aged fallout (B.G. Bennett, Health
Physics 19:757-67, 1970). Because of the multidirectional nature of the
source, variation of dose with depth of organ is minimal. External doses
are adjusted for lifestyle variations (e.g.,

etc.).

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