eae
Tne sizes of areas and
cistance: fro: the curfaces were selected inde-
pencently of any of the informstion on the fallout on the natives discussed
above anc were estinates of ares: of contarination and distanees of monitor
ine thst erpeared to be reasonable estinates of tiese parsmeters,
The elose
agreenent between the gama dose rate ratio; based on theoretical conasidera~
tions anc those observed with the natives
is circumstantial,
Fer exemple,
an equally contaninated area of three-inch radius would yield a theoretical
gama dose ae 2 tines less than the selected area of simingk radius.
In the case of the natives, however, it is belicved that they were aeni-naked,
pers;iring, and out-of-doors during the fallout so that it {es mot unreasonable
to expect relatively large areas of the body to be contaninated.
this war noted when they were ronitored.
In fact,
By their acts of walking around
during the period of fallout and sleeping on mats thet were heavily contacin=
atec it would seem possible that significant areas of the bodies of the
Allinginee and Utirlk natives could be as heavily contaminated as was the
grounc,
(it is wnhknow if there were sufficient winds thet might have
railed the naterlal from the ground to the body efter falloctNourred.)
There {3 further uncertainty of vhat is meant by the sonitor's report
of "uverage” personnel readings,
The dose rate readings in the hair are know
to have been significantly higher than the rest of the
body in most cases.
it is unknown how these readings vere "averaged".
whereas these data certainly are not firt enough for one to plece great
confidence in the precise quantities of the ratios of 7/1 or 8/1, they do
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