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Health Physics

Table A5. Radionuclide analysis of urine from Rongelap people
45 d post-detonation (H+45) in NRDL analyses (Cronkite
et al. 1956).

August 2010, Volume 99, Number 2

Table A6. Urine bioassay counting (d m7’ L~') data for plutonium
from Rongelap adults.****
Collection dates, disintegration rates, and urine volumes*

Beta activity (dis min7')
Sample no.

Gross beta

“Sr

‘Ba

3/24/1954

Rare earth activity

I
2
3

1,370
1,260
1,020

490-120
510
130
480
120

197
244
324

Subject
No.

5
6

1460
1,200

328-110
727-170

474
353

4
;

0
;

il

0

4

1,210

Mean =

Percent of total

beta activity

1,253

100

626

150

562-134
42

10.7

284
312

25.5

1

10
2
14
16

dis min™!
Li}

2

965

0

25

7

25
2.5
2.5

_
—
955

2.5

—

0
4
0

—
0

25

0

26
28
29

7

1
0
1

30
32

—
—

39

—

33
34
35
37
40
41
43

—
0
0
0
0
1
0

44

—

46

—

45

0

47
49
50
51

0
17
1
8

53
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
66
67
68

3.5
0
—
—
3
0
4.5
0
0
0
2
0
0
3

52

69

—

1.5

70
71

—
0

73
74
75
76

1
—
0
0

72

77

78
79
80
81
82

lo

volume
(mL)

|

18
19

22

3/25/1954
,
Urine

—

—

0
0
2.5
6
—

25
0
OO
25

na
2.5
2.5

lo

volume
(mL)

0

z5

670

1

>

7

>
2.5
2.5

_
—
800

2.5

—

—~
5

_

0

—
—

5
—

—

—

—
—

0
3

1
0
0
0

2
2.5
2

—
810
565

na
2.5
2.5
2.5

70
685
250
550

2
0
—
0

2.5
2
2.5

700
950
720

2.5

680

2.5
3
2
2.5

975
980
765
320

2.5
2.5
na
na
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2
2.5
2.5
2.5

530
400
—
360
665
800
900
250
560
840
685
785
500
940

—
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
2.5
1
7
—
1

na
2.5

—
225

75
0

2
na
2.5
2.5

450
380
300
980

—
0
—
0

2.5
2.5
2
2.5
na

640
915
690
815
—

0
0
0
0
1

na
na

na

na
na

na

2.5
na

na

175

—
—

160
—

—

,
Urine

dis min”!
L!

0
0
0

na
~
ST
25

4.5
na
na

_

—
—
—

2.5
2.5
2.5

—
785
845

4
2.5
na
2.5

210
895
155
385

0
12
0

2.5
3
2.5

650
985
7715

0

2.5

935

2.5
na
8
2.5

540
130
770
230

—

—
0

0
—
100
0
0

—
0

2.5

2.5
2.5

—

na

2.5

2.5

na
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
na
2.5
2.5
2
2
2.5
na
2
na

—
—

—

90

205

285

105
720
595
830
640
430
150
480
755
420
550
950
—
590
—

2.5
2.5

750
210

—
2.5
na
2.5

—
630
—
470

2.5

2

2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2

“Dash (—) indicates no data; “na” means not applicable.

265

965

340
480
560
450
205

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