Survey meter readings
Table 2 gives survey meter readings at nine islands, of
which Edna, adjacent to the site of the Nectar detonation
(Mike crater), was highest, with 600 mr/hr on June 7, 1954.
1000,
Figure 3 shows the series of
MELLE
SURVEY wer
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readings at Belle with meter one
inch from the ground, the shield
both open and closed. Slopes of
the two regression lines, -1.14
(Table 1) do not differ
significantly.
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and -1.06
The slope is
approximately that of mixed
fission product decay, assuming
there was a slight leveling
influence due to detonations prior
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to 1954.
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Table 2.
Survey meter readings in millirocentgens per hour
at one inch from the
ound on various islands of Eniwetok
Atoll in 1964-65,
Geiger counter.
V
ues above 20, with Juno, others with
Shield open except at Belle, first column,
for which, shield closed.
Date
Alice Belle
5/15/64
16
18
19
22
26
6/1/54
2
3
4
”
10
lu
1a
a
7/1/54
14
18
20
8/8/64
17
9/7/54
7/4
30
12/9/84
2/11/88
3/21/85
Daisy Edna Janet Olive Vera Henry Leroy
378
200
130
40
500
85 270
220
30 80
30 80
29 90
27 70
22 70
20 60
19 50
15s 35
12 &
10
6
18
5
un
7
8
60
20
5
«14
4
600
400
13
lu
1
07
180
2
2
12
1
7
1.2
od
20
16
3
18 | oe
12
8.10
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