ABSTRACT
External exposure rate surveys from 1975 to 1977 on the islands Nam, Eneu
and Bikini of Bikini Atoll gave average external exposure rates of 24, 5.7 and
32 uR/hr respectively. The exposure rate on Eneu Island is uniform, whereas
those on Bikini and Nam range from 7.0 to 80. UR/hr. Based on an assumed living
pattern at Bikini Island, the adult male Bixinian is estimated to be in the pres-
ence of an external radiation field corresponding to 16 UR/hr due to debris and
fallout from the 1954 BRAVO incident.
lent of 2.8 rem.
This corresponds to a 30 year dose equiva-
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