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N-4
Part A of
in 1954.

event

this
It

Note deals
with thyroid
comprises
two tables.

dosage

relating

to

the

Bravo

Part
B consists
of a letter
from Dr. W. H. Adams of Brookhaven
with the question
National
Laboratory
to Dr. Roger
Ray of DOE. It deals
of whether
or not prolonged
residence
on Rongelap
since
1957 has resulted
It also
considers
changes
in
in an increase
in thyroid
neoplasia.
longevity
and blood
counts.

TABLE N.4A

#1

Source

THYROID DOSE FROM INDIVIDUAL
RADIONUCLIDES
IN FALLOUT TO THE ADULT HALE ‘b

Internal

Dose
rads

physical
3 weeks

exposure
h

100$

190

53.2

min

100%

3

21

h

100%

550

h

100%

7

84%

130

79$

120

84$

13

Iodine-135

6.6

Iodine-134
Iodine-133
Iodine-132

2.3

Iodine-131

8.04

Tellurium-131

30h

Tellurium-131m

25 min

External

Total
—

Per cent
decay
in

Half-life

d

+ 8.04

d

+ 8.04

d

190

exposure

1203

dose
—

‘1

Lessard

b~

Exposure

hours.

The

rad

et
to

al,
the

fallout

(1985)
fallout
fell

on
for

Rongelap

about

Island

7 hours.

occurred

for

about

45

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