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follows:
iin, 3?
calculated as
otanee
Ranges of fallout time and the dose that would result from them were
oy,
si
the island, even though the lighter parts took longer.
went
part of the fallout would take about the same amount of time to descend on
Dose in Rads*
Location
209
92
106
is
ee o
159 r
724
70 4r
12 ¢r
r
r
r
r
serene
Rongelap
Atlinginae
Rongerik
Utirik
q
Fallout Time
16 hr.
8 hr.
because of data from other sources, the figure used for the report, and the
ore?
reports from that time on were based on a fallout of 12 hours:**
interest concerns the effect of a field,
area, of fallout as opposed to that of X-rays.
or
Particles of a single energy
from an X-ray machine come from a "point'', or single source.
However,
in a fallout field, are not emitted from a single source, but many.
particles
They are
emitted from a 369° circle around the person as he stands or walks and they
are at different energies.
It is as though the person is constantly being
irradiated by X-ray machines of different energies, placed around him in a
*From "Some Effects of Lonizing Radiation on Man", p. 6
*kIbid, p. 3
96
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One additional factor of
meres?
Utirik
Fare?
175 4r
69 r
78 4x
14r
ad
Rongelap
Ailinginae
Rongerik
in Air
ewnnaer#
Gamma Dose
wenpe*
Best Estimate of
Location
wine”
Since it was believed that the fallout time was less than 16 hours, and