fete VT Re: 3 : te“ats } Tri a“Gonference’Sith"Dre Koba goshon Waren. 26," riney, - hie! ” 7k. av ‘ ata yikes arefe formed him of my conversation’ with. Dr. Bugher’and.‘hipiete behalf of the. Atomie Energy Commissionto provide “financials ho ge support for mariné biological studies directed at the. long:range contamination. of the Pacific. Dr, Kobayoshi, through his. ane. ie art. “Sys a weit interpreter, expressed his appreciation for this’ offer but:imwee itl .. wos a did not_pursue the matterfurther, and, has. not _approached, meste yrs * Tots we FeLt om te x “s ae ia Pi he since, -77 ae "3° oo +. Ry aN! oS 1 1Pat A 2) “ea,oa a *;ie fret: aZs fpoaeh. re teewhee a a “lbs BtBee eae fous" . waitin wE TL. . Ms With’ regard to‘fallout. on the’ Japanese. ‘islands’thgmeedvesy fee? ‘. it is to be remembered that “the>position of these islands” in, ? yop. relation to possiblesitesof weapons’ testing is. such.that, the: - a Russian testing program is’ apt to produce’more.fallout. than; Saeed ~ fo eon . - ne e nd - RES why! > or a: an -~ oryes: ij Ate ee “ at ve Ae nays megs aa " ‘ , ao ‘doubt that 4bwillers Pasta eaateas iLsy estimate of either the Beta” or Gammadose “the fishermen: receive de° r. We knowthat the ash’ fell insuch’ quantities.that, the’ deck’ of5 *: tO of our information on how!much _ash fell’ and“how long’ it”“remaineds i-th hee ‘ship bécéme”white,” andthere’ was “sufficient” material tork.Ee _ Gevelop visible footprints, - Unfortunately, this is thelimit): .. alge Uae - oe 83 Fe Nee oss Estimating the. ‘Whole BodyDose: UAE e, aye lt ' ote ta Ly oe, v eaves eh events In the Marshalls’ orNevada’2: aot ghGey an feta tee s octoe 7 ‘-oi When the vessel arrived:in, Yaizi"much: of | moved. rw 5 33. : ot eg 4 on the ship. _ Thefishermen’washed “the,“decks inorder’ to“remove! ; the ash’end ‘according.‘to their “reports,their.epee:Was.‘effectiveVoce woh, fl: . - ~e SSS Neasirements: made by various: investigators ‘during the: period’ . between March 20-26 are inagreement, _It_is curious that the Beta-..- | Gamma ratio is about 2.. This would indicate that, the bulk of the ash™ © had by this_tinme penetrated to the porous” wood “structure “of the £3 x Geck, thusabsorbing- the. Betas... The Gamma radiation”“Over|“most.“of-= “2 tne ship. was approximately,40 m,r."perhour _whén’theship~~arrived:, in port,’_ If we extrapolate this” back té H' 3-3 hours;-the!wtime> 4%: <7; the ash began to fall, the’“integrated Gamma dose is_adout100. RE 0 oe course, the’ ashwas”“falling from H plus 3 hours to. ‘about H> plus |ot C hours, If ‘we take the mid-point of this_ period es the start-< 22 exposure we find the exposure is’ about 70 R. - Tnis;. however, - Oo mk : | £ timates . the whole body Gamm radiation from residual detris ™ ne e \s - ww ™ of - _~ n _ vet a Ve have ade a’ nurter of discreet ‘inguiries in the hep t phot ograpnie film might heve teen’ évallaeble &Eboard the ship might possi bly be used as a Gosinster. All efforts to czte <a th rol vi ri’ wy st 11 on the ship when ‘the first measurements were nade, Thene c uel dose could have been 2, 10, or even 100 tines higher’ espana me on how much “ash Was washed off the ship and av wna tine, . G re = teen necetive, Cevositioan of Internal Enitters : feo . - fe . Lo - _ eo 4 There was” an ‘urgent’‘requirexent to_evaluate theextent’to! Poet which fission’ products had beenabsorbed. into the tissuesof.‘they.roe fishernen; As mentioned ‘eaériter, Dr, Nakaidzumi hadconcluded:3\'»ne from his’ ‘mouse.~experinent vnat the’ prognosis for “the.“fisherren Kas” Me! adversely affected by theprobability of excessive deposition.‘of. ae long-lived bone --seeking isotopes, The Japanese sclentists.were+*mete desperately.looking. for an egent. to”-nobilize these Asotopes"andy 7 oF .Teo, . . 7 ny Sea te o>”, oe a . a rs ww fed a : . a - 7 —— ~ 1 rt ae rd <*- - oS . CR THe . ~ : On * . . . . .¥