33

These
Indoors

the

by about
gravel
al,

estimated

external

rate

is

50% in

the

that

is

gamma-ray

reduced

by about

50%.

vicinity

of

immediate

spread

around

dose

them

rates

are

Likewise,
houses

maximal

the

owing

(Shingleton

et

al,

external

dosage

ones.

rate

to

is

the

1987

reduced

coral

and Robison

et

1982b).

Other
come

from

In

annual
cosmic

contributions
radiation

summary,

the

to
(.028

rem)

contribution

which

and medical

of

fallout

in

1978

to

are

p@

included

exposure.

the

total

external

.
radiation
year
would
.590

dose

uncorrected

Rongelap
for

decrease

it

rem allowing

Environmental
reduce

at

this

decay
estimate

the

Island
shielding

by 25% or
for

within

more.

The

spontaneous
such
still

as

decay,

leaching

●ore,

but

of

was
or

30-year
but

approximately
around

rem per

which

dose

would

be

shielding.

radionuclides

was not

buildings,

whole-body
not

.028

allowed

from
for.

the

soil

would

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