a oe + . - ¢ | ] INTERNAL DEPOSITION OF RADIONUCLIDES : | | . . . ‘3 . . Table 5.5.—Radiochemica! Analysis of Urine From the Rongelap People (45 days post detonation) | Saurir No, Bale 4 ; a "Rake Fanti _ AemNaTY Dice ceca ence eee e eee eee eeee cee re | 120 a 197 a $50) 120 325 1H) 2... ' BETS ACTIVITY Ii /24 Horr I" T ; Gross Reta > ACTIVITY eee cece ee i . cease / a 5. 1960 : 1020 ° alo} 1210 a Goce ec e eee eee eee ee QOD 1253 Percent of total Beta activity. 2.2.2.0... 100 on the radioactive content of variows tissues. Details of the animal study are presented ina subsequent section. The estimate of the mean body burden of the Rouvelap gronp at s2 dhuys post detonation is presented in Table 4.6. ‘Vhe budy burden at one day was caleulated in the following niuniner. A formula was obtained from urinary excretion dati reported by Cowan, Farabee and Lave (6) Gna caise of aecidental inhalation of Sve. The excretion curve was best represented by four exponential terms, ( Verv simuhir results were obtained by approximating the bighoeieal decay 130 b2u BT AVOTARO. oe eee eee ee ( Spee , 324 150 RT | 244 2n4 474 Ete 826 3n3 134 42 312 WW. 7 255 present in simaifcant amounts at one day. ag shawn in ‘Pable 3.6. These ostinates were made on the basis of the level of Siat one day. toeether with the data on the activity of the varions fission products at thix same tine €9) and moti Inctapie absorptian amet retention dati (1a). . The LASDL has alse estimated the bady bur den at one dav, on the basis of radiochemic:!] analysis of pooled urine samples from a representative niumber of the Rengelap and Aaecert can eranps (10). “Phese caideulitions were based on the analysts of Fan the early samples of of strontium with a power function, based on wring (1a divs post detanutian) as well as the hignan excretion of the metabolically similar above mentioned physical and biological data on fission prodnets (1.4.9). Vheir finediigs are presented in Table 4.6, element, radium) (6. 7, 8). Estimates were nitde uf other radioelements Table 5.6—Mean Body Burden of the Rongelap Group | Ra plolaparr ; Br ee ee eee Bare, eoeaee nee Rare earth praup.. oe... 2 eee ee ACTIVITY AT i ACTIVITY s? mats (VEN RTL) } } ney (VENKELD 0.49 0. 02) 0. O03 Tl (in thyraidy. o2. 0 ee ee eee ee 0 co 4. jo Caso. bee beeen Fissife material... 0.0.0.0 eee. ANPT) Ur jG 9002118 gy en AT ACTIVITY | 1G 27 2.2 W. 34 1,2 a4 — 0 ? 42 ' my (hast. _ © 11.2 0. 013 Ul 1, OG (yon)