u) .4 r.aj,cr weakness in the DOE-1982 dose calculations was the s~,aj] nu~ke: of sar,ples on which it was often based (URCL-52853, Pt. 1). Fcr sxanple, IL the case of Rongelap Atoll the number of Rongelap 35, Aibar vegetation sar,pies per island were as follows: 6, Borukka 4, Menu 6, Kabelle 6, Naen 7. On Ailingnae Atoll, there wer 7 on Sift and 2 on Uwanen. To nake u? for this deficiency, vegetation specific activities were at times calculated by applying a factor to the soil’s specific activity. Robison has subsequently found that such a method may give erroneous results (personal communication to H. 1. Kohn). Table N.12 #1 shows some of the inconsistencies that arise when such data are tabulated. For example, pork has the same cesium dose the total specific-activity on all islands in Rongelap Atoll; on Kab~lla and Hellu Islands is 4.4 rem (30-yearl, but the internal exposures are 5500 and 8000 pCi/day, respectively. (