ot T=? 108} F #73 r 3°38 f c 103; 1 ° AEC TEAM iy —s, 3 © BACKGROUND . 4 e TYPICAL MARSHALLESE _| | ce HIGH "C3 MARSHALLESE 3 7 = E a 5 2 4 104 x flor g= 3 =z S $ ww 10 3 3 J yg = 1973 10% 10 3 2 3 o L 10 Wo, ! l 20 30 Te ms ! 40 50 660 ' 1 807, Meg Hq L 9-90 (,0001) AETURN TO AOMSELAP { {8 7 : fas w za-68 wie" = 3 % iy : OPERATION REDWING te +437 nm L i 70 80 CHANNEL, NUMBER L 930 1 i907 100 . Figure 69. Unprocessed garnma-ray spectrographsobined with an 1t%-in. Nal (Tl) crystal in a shadowtained (TI) crystal in shield whole-body counter. The channel width was 20 keV. Traces of '*"Cs and “Co are apparentin the backgroundspectrum. Theright-handscale was obtained by calibration with a “standard man” phantom and requires correction for other bodysizes; it is adjusted for the '"’Cs peak. t Sengegemsga en 9654 Penson Ca-60 Los) 01. . 03‘ 04 051 06. 07. pe Figure 70. Estimated body burdenofisotopes in Rongelap people at various times since 1954. Values obtained either by gammaspectroscopy or by radiochemical analysis of urine. Table 26 Summary of Radionuclide Body Burdens of Rongelap People, 1965, Obtained by Whole-Body Counting People residing on Rongelap Atoll Male Age <l1 ‘?Cs (nCi/kg body wt.) Exposed Unex posed 204472 Mean 20.4 "°Co (pCi/kg body wt.) Exposed Unex posed 30.7 17.6 Mean 30.7 Potassium (g/kg body wt.) Exposed Unexposed 242% 0.42 Mean 2.42 Numberof people Exposed Unexposed 21 Total *Standard deviation = 21 \ / 2X) _ ( N Age 11-15 Female Age >15 Age <1! Age 11-150 Age >15 14.0 199 +4.3* 18.1 17.1 + 3.3 1474 49 15.5 15.2 + 54 15.2 16.3 15.9 16.1 11.6 + 5.0 1t.0 + 3.8 11.2 26.5 31.5 +73 29.9 40.7 «11.5 376 +138 38.6 27.0 +156 27.0 28.7 28.9 28.8 40.0 +31.3 31.2 11.2 34.7 2.19 2.09%0.20 2.12 1.97 0.24 1.88% 0.32 1.91 2.42 0.44 2.42 1.92 1.81 1.86 152+ 0.39 L45~ 0.22 1.48 Rongelapese US AEC reuding medical at Ebeye team 0.89 42.6 1.68 5 HW 15 rad 21 6 7 18 27 3 2 16 45 2t 13 45 7 Trust Territory medicai team 0.16011 0.45 0.0 0.0 150+0.18 1.61 9 2