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time
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human body
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group
cesium-137,
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entering
the
ship
.
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atoll
9 islands,
terrestrial
with
each
1982,
and whose
the
bound
on Rongelap
were:
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offshore,
dealt
for
prosram
at
al,
and americium-241,
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to
from
throughout
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et
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restricted
plutonium-239.-24O
ways.
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radionuclides
distributed
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samples
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permitted
reconnaissance,
depth
and
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considerable
which
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permit”
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was Rongelap.
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vegetation
facilities
at
the
were
the
that
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basis
for
or
standing
ground
emanated
responsible
for
from
food
internal
hwan
exposure
vegetation
and water
dose.
in
two
leading
after