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RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TES’
Table 47—NRDL Marshall Island Resurvey—1956 Results of Analyses of Human Urine Perform
at HASL
HASL [NRDL
No.
No.
3300. ......
3400_..--..
Samrumo
Location
TOTAL
CoLtection
NaME
Date
6 Utirik....... 2-11-86____.. AL eee ne en nene rene eee
1 |.-..-do....--. 2-11-56_..... a
401 _.....
4 {--..- do_...--. 2-11-56... -.-.
2402_...-..
OC. u.. eee nee ee
9 |.-...do_.. 2-11-56... Dusen ennneeneeceneeee
190}
250
325-56]
3-25-56
4800-240 J...__..-..
36004280 |.....---_.
a7
440
3-25-56
33204300 |...
5
180
3-25-56
4400+280 |..-...-..-
12
$405. ...--3406_......
2 |.---. do..-.--. 2-11-56__..-. G__.---- +--+ eee
8 |...-.do__...-. 2-11-56. ..--- H_..-.-..-------------
16
6
B410__---2.
$412. __--..
3413-22
B4i4__ 2
i do._.... 2-11-56. _.... Kien een ee
8 |.oL. do....... 2-11-66... L.. een e ene nen eee
9 j--.-- do__..-_. 2-11-86._.... 1) ee
B fee do_...._. 2-11-66....-. N.Wow-. ee ee e ee
8 j--.-. do_._.-.. 2+11-56_.__ O_o. ee eee
~
BA1B__..-.-
3416____._.
2 |.--..do._..... 2-11-56_._-.. | ae
7 [----- do__..... 2-11-56_..-.- Q. ...--.----.---- 22-2.
3
26 |....- do_.._.-. 2-20-56_..--. U LL nnn ne nnn nee ene ee76 |...-- do,...... 2-29-56. -..-- ae
Control]. ..-. 8-26-56_..... Pooled
wendo.......|
weeeedo.......|
waane do.__....]
o---- do.......|
*Direct plating.
Fume
June
Jume
Jume
sample
col-
24
31
8
|__..-.
**Carbonste precipitation.
sre
dim/l
7600+-240 |_.-...---. 3. 440.3}
3-25-56
48004320 /-.-..-----
600
990
980
3-25-56
3-24-56
3-25-56
3-25-56]
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
1,000 |...
720.
82004360 1701100
22004320 |_..__..-..
160
3-25-56
Cs
dja
33601220 |_.-..-----
34802240 [_....--..- }
7600-+320
S100 681.4}
44004320 |....-...-
930
990
lected at HASL.
1956_...|..-..d0.-.0-2.2 ee fee ee
1956....).-.-.do_...-.-- fle
1956_...|_..-.do_..-0-22 2
1956__..|...-.do.....--22 2 ee ne eee
ws
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
990
1,000
13
11
.
B40
620
260
190
40 foo. do....... 2-20-66._..2. 8... 2 eee eee eee
86 fi...do_...-. 2-20-56__.... Thee eee eee eee
3421.2...
3422. __----
3-25-56
3-25-56
45
B419___..-3420___..-.
Majuro***._| 2-20-56....._ R.....2-.---- 2 eee
285
310
225
235
410
10 |--.-. do....... 2-11-56... POOLED... .._...-.-]_..-..
9)
3-25-56
1
26
13
35
3-25-56
135
360
8
B417_..--..
S41B8__ 2.22.
670
§ |...-. do_...... 2-11-56... ---- |
16
Wi J...do_._..-- 2-11-56_.---. POOLED......-..---|...--4 Likiep__..../ 2-11-66...... Vince e ence connec acer ene|pceeee
- BANE Le
djm/l
4
2
22
$407...
B408__..- 2.
8400. ...--.
Total ACTIVITY
AGE}
10 |.....do.....-- 2-11-56_.... Bowe weeneeenen
7 jenn: do....--. 2-11-56_.._.. FP. .o eee
C-DaTE
TOTAL
ACTIVITY
8403__..---
$404___2 2.
Votome
RECEEFVED
(ml)
2540
4400+320 |--.....---
40004240 |_.-...--..
4800+320 [_..._-..__
98004.360 600100
29201280
100
92004360
S100
88004320 |_.-...--.-
26004240 |_.-._--.-
24004240 |_.-..--.-11604200 |..-...--..
22004240 |__-_......
1360+280 |_.-..---..
4250-4250
<100
5, 000
-eocceceeee|
6,000 jee fe]
6, 000 |---|}
2,
mance eee ne] ene ee nee enn nee ween ne
5.30.3
1487.
‘
4.70.7
2862:
440.2
33
1,640.4
2
1440.2 2202.
12 fl.
1 O402 fl
eee ene
30
***Rongelap natives.
an environment of continual intake and excretion rather than the results of body elimination
of previously deposited Sr™.
B. Medical Surveillance
When the Rongelapese were returned to their
homeisland,it was planned to inaugurate a program of continuing medica] inspections. The
Rongelapese would be examined once a month
by a Marshallese practitioner and complete medical examination performed once a year by an
American physician. Arrangements would be
made for urine collections and analyses every
three months for the first year and afterward
on a yearly basis unless the findings indicate
the necessity for more frequent analyses.
radio would be provided on Rongelap for co
munication with the Trust Territories Office
Ebeye (Kwajalein Atoll) where a plane wo
be available at all times for any emergen
A fully equipped dispensary would be provid
on Rongelap and an experienced health ai
(a Marshallese) would be present at all tim
Before their return, the Marshallese would
given a complete medical examination, a
immunized
against smallpox,
typhoid
a
tetanus.
C. Environmental Contamination
The degree of contamination on the ho)
islands of the Rongelapese was consider