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June 30, 1978.

Dr. Robert Conard
Senior Scientist
Medical Research Center
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton,
Dear

New

York,

11973

Bob:

On Thursday,

June

22,

1978,

radiation measurements on Mr.

I performed whole body

and

Mr.
.
Mr.
_
|. is a HealthAide on Bikini
Island and resided thereforFour years after the period

of testing.
He was born on
'
is 62.8 cm tall
and weighs 56.6 kg.
Additional anthropomorphic measure-

ments for head,
Laboratory.

chest and trunk are on file at our

Mr.
lives on Majuro Atoll approximately 400
Miles south of Bikini, and was born on
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is 65.6 cm tall and weighs 79.3 kg.

measurements are

Mr.
by Mr.
and

All other body

He

likewise on file at our Laboratory.

and Mr.
Oscar DeBrum, Mr.

were accompanied to our Laboratory
Bill Scott and Dr. Jan Naidu.

The first measurement performed on Messrs. __
utilized a 20 x 10 cm Nal(T1l)

detector withthe

subject in the standard "chair" position.
In this
configuration it was possible to determine the whole body
content of Cs-137 and K-40 after suitable control subjects

(i.e., men of similar height and weight) had been. subtracted.

Results for these two nuclides for each of these individuals
is given below and in Figures 1-5.
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1.7240.004

pCi

= 0.1340.01

yCi

K-40:

= 0.12+0.01 . pCi

Cs+137 = 15.940.500 nei

Mr.

Stan Cohn for Cs-137 were 1.62 yCi for

and 25.0 nCi for Mr._ -:

.

These values are in

goodagreement with the values measured at our Laboratory.

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**Values obtained by Dr.

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*Error terms represent counting statistics only - 1 S.D.

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Mr.

Cs-137 =

K-40

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Mr.

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