Pera Sls Soe

Radio Station

290

Weather Station (N end of island) 280
Proj 6.6.Station (S end of island) 240

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In order to estimate the rate of decay between 8 and 11 March, the folloving radiation measurements were taken on three days on Rongelap Island:
8 March

13 March

Central living area (village)

280 or/nr

176 or/nr

Ground (contact) cistern arca

220 or/hr

110 or/hy

Southern most cistern
Roof of cistern (Southern most)

220 mr
240 mr/hr

145 or/hr
W40 or/hr

An area was selected 30 yards inland from tho Rongelap cemetery as a mr
ing point for future decay measurements, This arca is outlined with 2X48 pl...
on pails, The waist height reading was 210 mr/hr at 1000 hours, 12 March 1954,
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Sample collections

Water samples were collected from the witcr supplics of all inhabited
areas, About two quarts of watcr wore transfcrred to a polycthlcnce bottle at
each site, These will be turned over to the New York Oporations Offico, AEC f-

analysis,

Soil samples were collected at all inhabitcd arcas and also at sovera:

uninhabited islands,

In collceting the soil samplcs a one foot by one foot

square was marksdon the ground and soil to about one inch of depth was removed

from the square and transferred to a cardboard containcr.,

The primary samples

will bo turned over to the New York Operation Office, ASC, for analysis, and
some smaller samples will bo analyzed by Program 2 of TU 13.

Listed in Table 3 are the samples taken with the doso ratc measured ..
at waist height at the location where thoy were talon,

TABLE
Sample No.

CCPIED/DOF
LANL RC

—- SOIL

Atoll

island

it
2
3

Rangelap
Rongclap
Rongelap

8 Mar
6& Mar

ALO
280

4

Rongelap

Rongelap (North end)
Rongelap (Center of village)
Rongelap (1 mile north of
village)
Rongelap (near South cistern

8 Mar

34,0

5*
G®
Te

RongeLap
Rangelap
Rongelap

Eriirippu
Eniaetok
Kabelle

8 Mar
8 Har
6 Mar

2200
900
2000

Ailinginae

Sifo

10 Moar

100

Be
9
10

ui*

Utirik
Bikar
Rongerik

, Date

of village)

Utirik
Bikar
Fniwetak

.

8 lar

9 Mar
9 Mer
10 Tar

Lr

220

L0
160
280

/Hr

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