APPENDIX 17
Gamma Spectrographic Data, Rongelap People, 1965
.
Subject
No.
Age
Wi(Ke)
.
Potassium
137
g/Kz Body Wt.
Cs
nCi/Kg Body Wt.
60
Co
pCi/Kg Body Wt.
Rongelap Exposed Males (Age 11-15)
83*
54
2
6
19
ll
12
13
13
14
33.6
40.4
32.4
2.11
2.03
2.26
30.7
42.3
Mean
2.34
2.21
9.0
12.6
18.4
17.8
12.4
18.8
28.5
41.0
2.19
14.0
26.5
17.0
27.2
Rongelap Unexposed Males (Age 11-15)
921
813
912
ll
11
12
29.3
27.7
28.9
1.78
1.84
2.32
22.5
27.8
20.0
32.3
31.6
39.6
1052
814
12
13
37.1
35.1
2.19
2.33
18.9
23.3
22,7
31.9
818
14
41.4
2.14
23.5
32.5
1036
1033
913
815
863
13
14
34.4
57.3
14
39.1
15
15
2.08
1.80
13.9
13.1
2.06
47.7
-
2.32
50.0
Mean
15.9
17.7
29.3
27.7
31.2
19.1
2.13
22.6
48.1
2.09
+0. 20%*
19.9
+4.3
31.5
+7.3
Rongelap Exposed Females (Age 11-15)
86*
65
33
12
12
11
24.3
26.6
45.5
2.45
2.28
1.82
11.9
21.0
42.5
29.8
8
42
17
13
14
14
40.3
36.3
49.7
1.67
1.69
1.61
12.6
16.5
20.4
36.6
42.9
13.8
1.92
16.3
28.7
Mean
15.2
6.5
RongelapUnexposed Females (Age 11-15)
811
805
li
il
29.4
32.3
2.13
1.64
19.2
14.5
37.1
38.5
911
12
41.6
1.93
19.9
23.5
996
12
34.8
2.28
20.9
29.9
1.81
15.9
28.9
955
960
816
12
15
15
47.3
1.52
49.5
50.0
1.82
1.38
Mean
* Exposed in utero,
** Standard deviation =
7.4
17.0
12.2
2
2
t x) -(2 *)
N
N
154
e
13.1
27.8
32.2