AAR eA roe" are : Mey &, 1766 | | i UM BEABORG HECOGMOUM FOR CHALRW COMMISSIONER PALFREY CONAISSIONCR RAHCY COLUSSICHSR TAPE e GENCEAL WHAGER nexbsc \ 326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY RG_____ COMMISSION -- ETARIAT. as cet. | Cottc . ciienSECR Box TUD - ee \ asMSDNoreet@___ {>te0cd) Best PePee. ——ee . _ —— CUEZPENT STATUS OF THYRO1LD NODULES /HolG THE HARSHALLESE CEPOZED TO PALLOUT FACH THE BIKINI TEST OF IWVKCH 1, 1354 ek eee SUSJECT: US DOE ARCHIVES In cur l+st seaorendua oa this subject, October Il, 1965, it wes noted inet a cusvletive tetcl of 1) fastences of naduler thyroid glands iad teea fauad fa che 69 curviving Marthsllesg who hed been exposed to felicut Froe che subiect teat whtie on Rengelep rnd on filingase. . ow 422 but one of these coScy were im young poople whe were less thra 10 yeirs cig e¢ the thie of exposure. The rincle excegtfoen was fa a 4l-yesr-old woula (porexvio-.tely 335 et tioe of exposure) who wns found to heve 4 crrcinsm of cye thyrvid et czererioa. Soe Posest #. Conard of the Metter] Dopsrteent of Breckhaven Reticaal Lrberciory, end lecder of the annucl (or more oftca) ocdical surveys of Chest pes ie, his cust reiurned from the lovert survey ceadected curang Febcuery end Eevch of 2706. Ae reporce thet cn eediciond) fixe cones CL al Suier tayroids bive been Uiipacsec fa this proap. cuTslzti,e incidence is sham fa the Zolicwinsg tzble. fge ct Lypcsure a-5 C10 1i-15 ifeZ> Uxposed 36 3 7 > Totel Incidence ef Hodules Through Ercrez 1366 Suzber Fercent 5 4 0 ¢ 32 6% 3 i6 56 ah “-* 3 25 BEST COPY AVAILABLE * 1 corr % a. 25 Nomber Tos prescat