sete Fe cae sie ye mee ems Ths external dose received by the retusned Bikinians will depend upoz. wnose verious people are located, and for what periods of time, within the axiand complex. a chiul.ven. Location in turn depends upon whether they are men, wonen, The recurnees (see Age Distribution table) will probably veteist of about equal numbers of men and women. The emounc of time iraeiy siteraccaace between beach and interior leveis. a ree n. 9 wn wo rt > oO a Svobably cae most time will be spenc in the village area, wi ia ag 2) by the various groups within the population are s:own in Ta rt 6 er Doo ae srentoin the four radiation domains (village area, beac=. interior, Tele Tne dose rate may be Jaced oie agid by covering the ground with an inch of clean sang or so... .c.s in essence - will be done in the village 5 @rea throuzk 5 cae custom of coverbe. wv the f roo gteer and che yard with several inches of polished coral pecoli:z. To enpecced integral dese to the population over various time intervals sivccing ax i970 is shown in Table ¢. . The accual internal dose derived from eating native foods is somewhat weve difvieule ¢o assess. As in the past, the natives will doubtless taxe much ef their sus- caccanus, etc. (3) et { A 0 °o o Oo @ eiv.ted, af lease at first, due to the sparcity of fruit-b ws 7) Edible lani piants wi... be si..r_. @ (2) ey conduce trom the Lagoon and ecgan. et - However, three points shouid te borne in mins. The Bikinians have become accustcmed to eating new --ous, and will probably continue to eat such things as rice, flour, canned a meat, anc powdered milk. The oaly radionuclides of biological importacc: hyena cuiadé in cvodstuf£s collected at Bisini were sr, 137¢5 an¢ 7?Fe. Ctrer :