All
agree
that
coconut
radionuclide source in the diet
calculation
it
would
planning dose (6).
nothing.
account
consumption
has
been
the
principal
(e.g., 19, 20), and by Lawrence Livermore
for
more
than
80
percent
of
the
internal
Fish meat, an important staple, contributes practically
The posstble contribution from fish bone is under investigation.
Coconut consumption, however, has been declining in recent years,
and imported foods have become increasingly important as Marshallese lifestyle
has
reacted
to
hand,
resettlement
the
with
influence of external
a
planned
agricultural
cultures.
program
On
might
the
other
very well
increase the importance of local produce.
In view of the foregoing, judgment must be exercised in deciding
on a likely “planning diet"
allow for
for estimating daily radionuclide intake.
To
possible errors of one sort or another, and especially for the
possibility of increased use of local
produce after resettlement in order
to become more self-sufficient, we have decided to multiply the estimates
employed by the Lawrence Livermore team by the factor of 1.75.
On this
basis,
the
30-year cumulative dose
Bikini would be
3.3
nm
lO
a
we
would be within the 5-rem Federal
for Eneu of 4.2 rem
standard, but the dose of 30.8 rem
for
far beyond it (Table 5).
Internal Dosage:
Water
Cistern (rain) water is the chief source of drinking water and is
practically uncontaminated (6).
On the other hand, the radionuclide levels
in ground water, though low, are notable because they exceed one of the two ~
Federal standards (Table 4).
Drinking
water
is
regulated
by
a
“practical"
Federal
standard
(21, 22) that sets specific-activity limits for cesium-137 at 200 pCi/l and
for
strontium-90
at
present, the standard
Soceazy
8
pCi/l
(Table
for each
is
4).
reduced
2s
When
two
or more
proportionally.
nuclides
As
stated
are
in