nee ee ee
48
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
‘Table 47—-NRDL Marshall Island Resurvey—1956 Results of Analyses of Human Urine Performed
at HASL
BHASL
No.
NRDL
No.
3309-22-08.
6
M00. .-...O01. -.-.-.
Samptrno
Loca TION
Total
OCoiiecron
DatE
NaMex
AGE}
Votume
O-DatE
Reczivep
(m))
Tora.
ACTIVITY
190
8-25-56
Utirik....... 2-11-56_.....
rf...do....-.. 2-11-66__....
4 |...do..-.--- 2-11-56. .....
250
570
3-25-56
3-25-56
3403__--...
3404.22.
20 |.-.-. do..-...- 2-11-56_..-..
7 [----- do....... 9-11-56. -.-..
185
180
3-25-56
3-25-56
3406..--...
fe... do....-.. 2-11-56... 2.
310]
3-25-56
402. ....--
405-.-...-
3407_ ~~~...
9 I. Go......- 2-11-66. --...
2 j----- do..-.... 2-11-56. 2-2.
285
8 feodo......- 2-11-56...-..
340
4;
260
3408_---...
HI...do..-.... 2-11-56. _. 2...
3410- - 22
Mil...
$412. _--...
3 Jee... do....... 2-11-56.-- 2.
8 j-----do....... 2-11-56..--..
9 |-.... do....-.- 2-11-56. _....
3409-22
3413...
Bi4_. 2.
H415__.- 2.
3416_.--_.-
S417_ 22222.
M48. _.-_..
3419.22.
M420--.--.¥421--.....
4422...
40;
620
Likiep......) 2-11-56.__...
360
160
225
8 |..-.-do......- 2-11-86...-.-
235
10 |-.._-do.....-- 2-11-56_._-.
9} Majuro***..) 2-20-56. ._...
@ j-..... do....... 2-20-56...
990]
080
990
3 |-... do....-.. 2-11-56......
2 f--...do..-...- 2-11-56... ...
7 |.----do....... 2-11-56_.-- 2.
410
600
190
36 |...do....... 2-20-56_---..
26 |...do..-..-. 2-20-56. -...76 |...do.....-. 2-20-56...
1,000
930
990
Contro!..... 3-26-56... Pooled sample col- |.._...
lected at HASL.
wneeedo......-| June 1956_...].----d0O_.--.--...-------]-.---.
anon!do....-..] June 1956.-..}-. 22-0... fee eee
weeeedo ......| June 1056_...]..-.-do...---...2.----- | ee.
nance do.......| Jame 1956... .}_--.--do..-....-.---.--2-|-----+
*Direct plating.
**Carbonate precipitation,
3-25-56
Total ACTIVITY
d/m/i
.
oo
Bre
aAn/}
Cain
d/m/)
‘ie 440.8)
720415
681.4
2540463
3-25-56
5.84:0 3
148723
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
4.740.7
2862445
2. 40.2
3348
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
8-25-56
3-25-56
5, 000
&, 000
5, 000
2,000 |.--.-2---- |e nef e ee eee fee eee
30-8
***Rongelap natives.
an environment of continual intake and excretion rather than the results of body elimination
of previously deposited Sr®.
B. Medical Surveillance
When the Rongelapese were returned to their
homeisland, it was planned to inaugurate a program of continuing medical inspections. The
Rongelapese would be examined once a month
by a Marshallese practitioner and complete medical examination performed once a year by an
American physician. Arrangements would be
made for urine collections and analyses every
three months for the first year and afterward
on @ yearly basis unless the findings indicate
the necessity for more frequent analyses. A
radio would be provided on Rongelap for communication with the Trust Territories Office on
Ebeye (Kwajalein Atoll) where a plane would
be available at all times for any emergency.
A fully equipped dispensary would be provided
on Rongelap and an experienced health aide
(a Marshallese) would be present at all times.
Before their return, the Marshallese would be
given a complete medical examination, and
immunized against smallpox, typhoid and
tetanus.
C. Environmental Contamination
The degree of contamination on the home
islands of the Rongelapese was considered
DOE ARCHIVES