per day until all of the I-13] activity had decayed away, the total dose to his thyroid would have been less than one red. However, easy” rains continued in the area for tour:‘pore days
di
with |
the precipitation after the first day containing essentially no
additional I-131.
This, of course, diluted the iodine activity
found on May 13, to the point where the integrated dose to the
adult's thyroid would have been less than 50 mrads.
Similar cal-
-. ulations of.dose..toa. child's‘thyroia. would have resulted in
higher \valuesthanfor.edulta,:Wet,qhiaren,on Penahys Meigseon
less water.
Samoa Island
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BEST AVA
Except for the possibility of some fresh fission debris in
grase,2/ no fission products identifiable as resulting from
Operation Dominic were detected.
Rarotonga Island
Except for the possibility of some fresh fission debrie in
grasel/ and precipitation, no fission products identifiable as reeulting from Operation Dominic were detected.
Ruka Hiva
Om July 14, i962, air concentration increased to 26 yue/M |
gross beta activity.
No other identifiable fission products were
“detected during the testing period.
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"| DOE ARCHIVES
Since there are few grazing animals present on these islende,
levels of contamination of grass and scavola are only indicative of some fallout.
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