On 4 March decontamination procedures were continued and the external contam-
ination of the Marshallese was reduced fron. 5.0 to 40.0 mr/hr to 2.0 to 10.0 mr/hr.
The readings made on 11 March and subr*quently were made by Project 4.1 during
the latter phase of the decontamination procedures.
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3 APRIL
Is.
A single reading was made at Kwajalein on 3 March of each of the 66 Marshallese
who evacuated f*om Rongelap and Ailinginae via destroyer. These readings appear in
the fourth colum under 3 March in Table 5.1.
1] MARCH
The names of
8 MARCH
The 16 Marshallese who were evacuated from Rongelap by plane were monitored
four times during the initial decontamination procedures on 3 March.
these individuals are preceded by an asterisk in Table 5.1.
4 MARCH
PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS of RESIDUAL
EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION
3 MARCH
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RONGELAP NATIVES AS
TABLE 5.1 MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF
INSTRUMENT
DETERMINED BY MONITORINGWITH A RADIAC SET NO. AN/PDR-27c SURVEY
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