TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 1. 2. INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 1.2 3 4 Task Procedure BACKGROUND-2.1 2.2 2.3 THE RONGELAP EXPERIENCE Bravo test -- 1954 Return to Rongelap -Rongelap 1957 -- 1987 1957 8 10 15 16 , 3. REASSESSMENT 23 4. DOSE 28 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 5. External Dose Internal Dose-Lawrence Internal Dose-Brookhaven Infant Dosage Dose Summary Livermore DISCUSSION AND RECONHENDATIONS 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Assumptions Infant Dosage Plutonium Monitoring and Health Programs Rehabilitation of Soil 30 34 42 47 48 52 52 54 54 55 56 6. REFERENCES 60 7. NOTES 65