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Table 27

Marshall Islands Radiochemical Urine Analysis, 1965
Subject No.*

Age

Pool
Pool
8
15
51

13
18
36

11

61

93
38
39

19
70
45

Sex

Volume,ml

M
F

5130
6080

0.088
0.058

3.6
9.6

3.5
2.1

Mean

5605

0.073

6.6

2.8

F
F
F

730
730
289

0.018
0.008
0.126

8.1
3.2
28.0

5.0
6.2
23.0

M

940

F
F
F

g Ca/liter

Rongelap

650
i
645

0.100
0.104
0.043

0.010

pCi *Sr/liter

10.0
7.9
3.1

1.0

nCi '*7Cs/liter

4.4
3.4
1.2

2.1

20
27
40

18
37
40

M
M
M

500
1320
560

0.096
0.103
0.192

16.0
5.8
11.0

6.0
5.1
4.7

50
73
835
843
928
932
942
822

45
29
31
36
52
30
50
18

M
M
F
F
F
F
F
M

1800
650
550
1340
1040
350
540
835

0.062
0.243
0.041
0.087
0.078
0.134
0.238
0.003

36
12.0
3.5
5.3
7.6
24.0
28.0
4.5

0.6
19.0
3.2
1.5
6.5
9.7
18.0
4.5

M
M
M

800
1750
500

0.037
0.032
0.152

6.4
4.4
23.0

6.0
2.0
3.6

0.093

10.1

6.3

41

35

833

32

840
853
855

35
60
60

M

M

Mean

890

0.084

1000

0.143

831

6.2

10.8

2.2

5.1

EbeyeIsland
12
45
84
B95
920

.

29
43
10
35
33

F
F
M
F
M

980
600
719
860
900

0.057
0.081
0.137
0.194
0.075

2.8
2.1
4.6
3.3
1.2

0.7
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1

Mean

812

0.109

2.8

0.3

"Subjects with numbers < 84 are members of the exposed population; those with numbers >84, of the unexposed
population.

Results and Discussion of Body Burden Estimation
Figure 69 shows some representative wholebody gamma-ray spectrographsobtained in the
1965 survey. The AEC team is seen to have a
spectrum not markedly different from the background spectrum exceptfor the natural ‘°K peak
and a trace of '*’Cs, whereas the Rongelapese
havesignificantly higher '**Cs peaks. Analysis of

the curves indicates that the *°Co valuesare also

detectable in many of the Rongelapese. As had
been anticipated on the basis ofits relatively short
physical half-time, the **°Zn seen in previous sur-

veys had disappeared by 1965.
.
Table 26 summarizes the whole-body counting
results, and the individual values are presented in

Appendix 17. Theresults of the urine radiochemical analyses are displayed in Table 27. Inspection

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