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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