49

TABLE 4.5

#1
PROJECTED ADULT COHNITTED DOSES (1978-2008)
FOR RESIDENCE ON RONGELAP ISLAND

Radionuclide

{holebody”

Red marrowbl
I

Bone

surfaces

Liverb

b

.

rem

rem

rem

rem

.62

.62

.62

.62

Strontium-90

.021

.110

.250

Transuranicsbl

.016

.024

.300

.054

.59

.59

.59

.59

1.25

1.34

1.76

1.26

Internal:
Cesium-137

External:

Totals

Committed
effective
The current
guide
is assumed.

in

dose
the

equivalent
U. S. is

-240

and

(

.001

(standard
man) = whole-bodv
dose.
5 rem in 30 years.
The type”B
diet

I would
employ
a guide
of not more than 30 rem to any
30 years,
but due allowance
must be made for
the doses
other
tissues
(ICRP No. 30).
Plutonium-239,

I

americium-241.

one tissue
received

over
by

Select target paragraph3