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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

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