EXPOSURE RATES CALCULATED FROM SOIL SAMPLE DATA

87 Gs

°°Co

+25 sb

Clearing Experiment Area
Total activity per em”

4200 pec

90 pe

600 pe

Calculated from concentration in soil sample
Inferred from field spectrum

240 uwr/hr

19 pr/hr

24 ur/hr

52 ur/hr

6 ur/hr

9 ur/hr

Percentage of total exposure

84%

8%

6%

77%

9%

14%

rate based on soil

analysis (see p. 11)

Percentage of total exposure
rate from field spectrom-~
eter and ionization chamber
data

74
251

OO

10 feet north of center
30 feet north of center

WA

Core activity (pc/gm)

74
26

The percentages of the total exposure rate due to each isotope
were calculated as discussed in Section II (p. 11) and agree

reasonably well with the field spectrometric data in contrast
to the calculated exposure rates which are quite high, much

higher than could be explained by the excess activity from
3 - 5 inches.
The core data also given in the table illustrate

the large local variation in the total activity which is
probably the main reason for the high values for the calculated exposure rates.

This cleared area was resurveyed two weeks later upon
return to Bikini Island.
The exposure rate measured at the

center of the area was essentially the same as before (59.6

ux/hr).

Additional measurements were made around the edges

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