THE WAYS THAT SCIENTISTS ARB ABLE TO ESTIMATE THR AMOUNT Of RADIATION A PERSON
MIGHT RECEIVE IF HE LIVES WHERE THERE IS RADIATION FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB
As
a
reault
of many
studieg and
measurementa,
goientists
are
able
ta
eaatimate the amount of radiation that people might reasive if they live aon an
atoll where radiation fran the atomic bomb is present.
They dig many holes,
some shallow and some daep,
take. portions of s30il
from them, and measure the amount of rad{ation in each of these portions of
aojl.
Thay examine salt water from the ocean and tha lagoon and water from
braokish wells.
examina
the
They take fish and other sea life and study them,
amount
of radioactive
plants take frog tha soil.
things
that
food~bearing
Thay also
treas and
other
They slso examine the radjoactivity in -he dust 1a
the air.
This
is
the
information
that
the
scientists
Pind
as
a
reaylt
of
the
activities above,
1,
The amount of things that are radioactive on each of the iglands.
2.
What kind of radiosetive things are on each of these jslands.
3-
Where in the soll these radioactive eléments are,
4.
Tne amount of radiation that comes fram the soil.
5.
The amount of things that are radioactive in the soil that
will
enter
foods, plants and animals.
6.
flow much the lagoon and the ocean ara radioactive and also faod from
them, such as fish, crabs, lobsters, alams, etc.
7.
How quoh the brackiah wells and drinking water are radioactive.
{{