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In order to estimate the rate cf decay between 8 and 11 March, the follow
ing radiation measurements were taker o three days on Rongelap Island:
8 March
ii March
Central. living area (village
280 mr/hr
17@ or/nr
Roof of cistorn (Southern most
240 mr/hr
40 or/nr
Southern most cistern
220 mr/hr
Ground (contact) cistern »res
145 ar/hr
220 mr/hr
119 or/hp
An area wag @wlected 30 yards insand from the Rongclap cemetery as a mas.
ing point for fytame decay acasurcacnts, This arca is outlined with 2X%4e placc
on pails, The waist height reading was 21¢ o/hr at 1000 hours, 11 March 1954,
7.
Sample co.lections
Water samples were collected from the wtcr supplics of all inhabited
arcas, About two quarte of water wore transferred to a polyothlenc bottle at
each site, Thes will be turnec over ‘. the Vow York Oporations Office, ABC i-
analysis,
Soil sampicswore colicectec at all inhabited aroas and also at sovera’
uninhabited
islands. In collocting tho soil samples a onc foot by onc foot
square was martedon the ground anc soil to about one inch of depth was remove.
from the square and transferred tc 4 cardboard containcr.
Tho primary samples
will be turned over ttho New York Yporation Office, ASC, for analysis, and
some smaller samples will bo analyzec by Program 2 of TU 13,
Listed in Table 3 arc the samplos taken with the doso rato measured
at waist height at th location wom thoy wore takon,
ABLE3=SOL
SampleNo.
Atoll
yt
Ronge lap
3
Rongelap
2
Ronge lap
Island
Date
Rongelap (North end)
rh
Yonge Lap
5*
Git
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RongelLa p
Rong elap
RongeLap
of village’
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Endiaetox
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Rongerik
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Pniwetan
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+ -+ 8 Mar
LLO
8 Mar
340
Rongclap (Center of village)
Rongelap (1 mile north of
village)
Rangelap (naar South cistern
Jearin
Sikar
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8 Mar
8
8
8
8
280
Mar
Mar
Mar
Mar
220
2200
900
2000
10 Mar
10 Mar
280
100
9 Mar
9 Mar
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' analysis by Program 2 of TU 13.
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