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TABLE 4.1

#1

AVERAGE EXTERNAL EXPOSURE AND EXTERNAL DOSE RATES
(gamma ray)
FOR ISLANDS AFFECTED BY BRAVO FALLOUT

a/
Atoll
and
Reference

Island

Exposure
(gamma)

Year

bl
Dose
whole-body)
rem/year

Oicroroentgens/hour
Bikini
Atoll
Tipton
& Heibaum

(1981)

Eneu
Bikini

1978

2.7
35.0

.017
.215

al

(1987)

Eneu
Bikini

1986

---

.018
.160

Atoll
& Meibaum

(1981)

Rongelap

1978

4.5

.028

Arbar

4.1

.025

Busch,
Tufa,
Borukka,Gabelle

5-9

.031-.055

Eniaetok,Kabelle,
Gogan

10-27

.061-.166

Lukuen,Naen,Yugui,
Lomuilal

28-43

.172-.264

Singleton

Rongelap
Tipton

et

Paretzke

(Note

Greenhouse
berger
-Ailingnae
Tipton

8)

& Xilten(1977)

Atoll
& ?feibaum(1981)

Paretzke

(Note

8)

Utirik
Atoll
Tipton
& lleibaum(1981)

Rongelap

1987

4.1

Rongelap

1977

3.6-4.5

.022-.028

Sifo

1978

1.4

.009

Uogiri
Enibuk

1987d/

1.3
2.2

Utirik

1978

0.8

(7)cdl

.025

.008
.013

(1)
(1)

.005

a/
Measured

at

1 meter

above

ground

level,

corrected

for

cosmic

Annual,
whole-body
dose
(millirem/year)
6.13 x yR/hour.
For the epidermal
dose,

calculated
see Note

as
9.

equal

The average

2.2

rays.

bl

c1
of

7 locations

ranging

d/
Corrected

for

decay

back

to

1978.

from

to

4.6

~R/hour.

to

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