- UCRL-12273 jn the interviews none of them listed dried fish as having been eaten during the time before evacuation. 2°) Under these circumstances it is reasonable to assume that children drank the same amount of, water and, therefore, hed the same intake as adults; iL.e., their thyvoid burdens were also 11.2 pe of yiet (range 5.6 - 22.4 ye). The most probable dose from prot ids then 490 rad and the total dose 1270 rad. Considering 8. range in the thyroid burden (5.6 - 22.4 He ) and a “thyroid weight range of 1.9 - 3-2 gms, the range of total dose is 520 - 3300 rad. | | | Incidentally, LASL assumed this mode of intake and calculated a dose of 150 rea.) The thyroid weight used was not. given but was probably 20 | We would calculate 160 rad, in very good agreement with the LASL grams. estimate. Oumnary thyroid Dose (Rads) to Rongelap Girls Ages 3 - 4 Inhalation Whole Body .RadLoiodine Total | Oral. Ingestion Min Max Most Probable Min Max Most Probable 150 200 175 150 =200 175 200 ° 1350 510 520 %4%00 L270 350 685 670 3500 1445 1550 | The actual intake was undoubtedly a combination of the two modes of The most probable dose is, therefore, in the range 700 - 1400 rads. intake. -— | ay MA OIAt bat OIE|: re pia Pee ha ae Pinoy V Vite