HISTORICAL ESTIMATES OF EXPOSURE AND POPULATION EXPOSURE
FROM TESTING AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE
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TEST SERIES THROUGH HARDTACK II, 1958

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~ “ABSTRACT
Based upon estimates of poputaéton_and calculations of estimated

exposure made by the Test Manager's Committee to Establish Fallout
Doses, we have tabulated the population estimated exposures for

communities within established fallout patferns.
estimated exposureis 85,000 person-R.

The total population

The greatest population

exposures occurred in three genera? areas: Saint George, Utah; Ely, and
Las Vegas, Nevada.

Three events, HARRY (May 19, 1953), BEE (March 22,

1955), and SMOKY (August 31, 1957), accounted for ouer half of the
total population estimated exposure.

The bases of the caiculational

models for “infinite exposure," “estimated exposure," and’"one year
effective biological exposure” are explained.

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