DOE ARCHIVES (None of six Ailinginae children exposed to an estimated external dose of 70 rads have shown thyroid dysfunction,) il. Surviving adult Rongelapese exposed to fallout. (Estimated dose: 175 rads external plus 160 rem internal irradiation.) Total - 34 1. 2, 3. Tit. Papillary carcinoma removed surgically at age 41. No recurrence, Taking oral thyroid hormone therapy. 1 Small nodule at age 40 which disappeared under oral thyroid hormone therapy. L This patient operated on in 1969 for removal of an invasive adenoma; has recovered satisfactorily, 1 Surviving adult Ailinginae people exposed to fallout, (Estimated dose: 70 rads external gamma irradiation.) Total - 8 1, IV. Adenomatous goiter removed at age 45; recovered and was on thyroid therapy, Died of influenza in 1968, Surviving adult Utirik people exposed to fallout, dose: / (Estimated 14 rads external gamma plus 15 rem internal irradiation,) Total “120 le. One person developed a nodular thyroid gland and underwent surgery in 1969, As the tissue resembled a follicular adenoma in frozen section, a@ total thyroidectomy was performed; histologic sections confirmed the diagnosis and upgraded the degree of malignancy. She has recovered satisfactorily, No new cases of nodular thyroids were found during a visit to Utirik, nor were nodular thyroids found in controls on Likiep and Kwajalein Atolls.