For the HARDTACK II (1958) series, the exposures to communities were
all small and much less effort was devoted to estimating exposures.

In

general, most of the estimates of exposure to communities were based upon
film badge data with no corrections applied.
It is also important to note that during the earlier test series
(prior to PLUMBBOB), no radiation surveys were made in some communities.
In order to assess exposures for such communities, the TMCEFD constructed

exposure isopleths and interpolated between these isopleths.

The TMCEFD report (Sh59) itself contains data for the 300
communities aggregated by “Pre-PLUMBBOB,” “PLUMBBOB,“ “HARDTACK IT,“
and "Cumulative."

Through the courtesy of the late Mr. Kosta

Telegadas, we have access to the original compilations for the TMCEFD
of estimated exposures by individual weapons tests.

We have used these

data to calculate population, or collective, estimated exposure.

The

population data were also taken from Sh59, wherein many population
figures were listed as ranges over the total time period or were listed
as "not available," “transient,“ or “variable.”

Where ranges were

provided, we used the higher number in our calculations of population
exposure.

Where the population was listed as "not available" or

"transient," we have not included these locations in population
exposure tabulations, but list them separately with the cumulative
estimated exposures.

Where the population was listed as "variable, "

footnotes were frequently provided that contained sufficient
information to calculate population exposures; if not, they were
treated as locations of unknown population.

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