30

4.1

External

The

Dose

aerial

survey

important

information

Islands.

As the

seat
It

of

the

(Tipton

on exposure

survey

Bravo

shot,

the
1 meter

At Rongelap

Atoll

(Figure

Yugui,

Lomuilal

(28-43

Busch,

Borukka,

Gabelle,

~R/h)

external

assuming
annual

near

#l),
per

(5-9

the

east

DOE with

Northern

from

rate

Marshall

Bikini

fell

Atoll,

( Table

the

4.1

#l).

level.

the

hour)

Eniaetok,

Tufa

dose
major

travel
or

dose

1 roentgen

There
which

and

ground

4.1

~R/h),

in

exposure

above

provided

islands
from

north

Kabelle,

pR/h);

fell
to

Gogan

Rongelap

into

four

south:

(10-27

and Arbar

Naen,
~R/h);
(4.1-4.5

.

The

other

south

(microreoentgens

1981)

fallout

external

for

groups

to

proceeded

was calculated

exposure

& I!eibaum,

in

contribution

was

is

also
for

close
is

= 0.7

rem

rem,

well

.028

islands

(whole-body),

were

short

(Kerr,

below

dose

distances

contact
considered

with
to

1980).

below

also

a shallow

was calculated

the
the

to
into

the
be

soil

For

of

(Table

considered,

those
and

negligible

parts
that

exposure

Rongelap

EPA guide
guide

be

from

of
are

(Note

9).

Island

.170

the

rem/year;

4.1

#l).

that

due

the

by my

body

unshielded.

to

8

beta

that

rays
are

Their

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