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We do

not

whole-body
was

field

this

Bikini

have

team

measurements.
that

settlers

from

Bikini

an independent
The

discovered

in

the

1977-78

Atoll

field

and

check

point

on

may be

precipitous

accuracy

made,

rise

who therefore

(Hiltenberger,

the

however,

in

called

of

the

that

body-burden

for

their

it

of

the

removal

1980).
.

In
value.
.001

the

case

The

annual

rem,

from

of

strontium,
whole-body

which

corresponding

we shall

tissue

dose,

take

based

I calculate

a 30-year

doses

red

are:

the

1980

on urine
dose

marrow

at

analysis,

of

.11

findings

.021

rem;

was

rem.
bone

face
about

The
surfaces,

.25

rem.

In

.

the

case

of

worth

mention.

The

being

something

like

during
do

the

past

accurate

250

transuranics,

quantity
.1

several

of

to

Rongelap
with

residence

on

support

samples

years

repect

to

that

been

the

occupation,

for

project

the

the
the

the

Brookhaven

of
etc.,
has

but
the
owing

donor,
to

now been

of

It

has

has

these

fact

closed.

only

felt

that

been
able

to

Here

has

age,

is

minute,

method.

i.e.,
the

problem
is

track

none

the

urine

group

new fission

analyzed,

which

in

of

picocuries/liter.

history

island,

background

plutonium-239

using

have

the

1 x 10-s

determinations

reviewed

down

the

than

been

period

of

DOE cut

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