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ered were *"Cs, Co, "Sr, Fe, Zn, and’Pu.

of the University of Washington’s Laboratory
of Radiation Ecology.
During 1980, members of Brookhaven
National Laboratory researched the protracted
exposure to fallout at Rongelap and Utirik

The thyroid-absorbed dose from these sources
wasnegligible relative to the thyroid dose com-

mitted during the first few days after the acci-

dental exposure.'
The thyroid-absorbed dose tabulated here was
estimated from results on *"I activity excreted
in urine and the specific nuclide composition of

Atolls. The time interval of interest was from

the time each population returned to their home
atoll up to 50 years later. The nuclides consid-

Table 1

Estimated Radiciodine and Radiotellurium Thyroid-Absorbed Dose
and Corresponding Age
Rongelap Island, rad*
Age

Adult Male

Adult Female

14 Year Old
12 Year Old
9 Year Old
6 Year Old
1 Year Old
Newborn
In Utero, 3rd tri.

1357

134)

1337

1327

1317

131M,

lala,

Total

19X10?

3.0x10°

-#5.5x10——

7.3K10°)—s«1.3K10")—s-1.2K107—s-1.3K10'

~—1.0x10°

28x10?
3.0x10°
3.7x10?
45x10°
95X10°°
49x10’
1.3107

4.0x10°
4.8x10°
62x10°
8.0x10°
1.7x10'—
8.3x10'
2.1x10°

75x10?
91x10
1.1x10%
1.3x10°
«2:10
14x10
33.8«10)—s

1.0x10'
11x10!
1.4xK10°
1.6x10'
3.4x10'
~—s.1.8K10°
4.4x10"~—s

20x10?»
=«.1.7K10°
—s-.1.9x10'
21x10?
~=.1.9x10*—s-1.9x10'
2.4K10?
23xK10* 23x10!
28x10?
2.7xK10" 2.6xi0'
«45.8x107)—-5.7x107 —-55.7«10'
3.3x10'
«2.3x10' 3.1x10°
88.4x10'
7.2x10'
—s_7.8K10°

1.4108
1.610"
-.2.0x10°
~—_2.4x10°
5.010"
2.5x10"
«6.8K 107

2.8x10'
=—s-_-2.9x10'
4.ox10'
44x10’

2.8x10"
—s_-2.9x107
4.1107
4.5107

20x10?

3.5x10°

5.7K10°

7.4K10°

~—s-.4K10°)—ssL.2x10’)~=—s.3K10'

~—-1.1x10°

Sifo Island, rad

Adult Male
Adult Female
14 Year Old
12 Year Old

6.7x10'
6.7x10'
99x10'
11x10

1 Year Old
In Utero, 2nd tri.

3.3x10
1.2X10°

9 Year Old
6 Year Old

13x10
15X10

-2.0x10°—s«1.5x10")~—s.1.6x10°
=2.3x10°
~—s-1.6x10")—s-1.5x10°
2.6x10°
22x10? —-_2.2x10°
3.1x10°
3=—.2.4x10? 2.4x10°

4.0x10°
5.2X10"
11x10!
3.4K10°

29x10° 29x10?
3.5X10°—3.5x10°)
71x10
2.7«K10’)

~=—s-_2.9x10°
3.0x10'
4.2x10'
4.5x10'

49x10!
5.8x10'—

5.8K10'
6.3x10'—

1.4x10°

3.2K10'—

23x10?

52x10!

7.410.
—s-2.2x10°—s

-3.8x10°)—44.010
—-5.8x10°
5.910

—-6.9K10°
7.710"

5.410"
6.4107

2.4x10'

2.7K10°

1.510"

38x10!

4.0x10°

—s«g.7x10'
«#55.2x10'
91.4K10?—s-1.1K10)
.9.8x10°
7.7«10°
20x10
1.5x10'
5.0x10'
3.6x10'

55.5x10°
)—s-1.1x10°
20x10!
1.5x10°
4.1x10°

—s-1.2x10~—s-1.4x107—s«11.7«10'
4.3K10'
4.4x10' =—-6.1K10°

~—:1.810°
4.9107

Utink Island, rad

Adult Male

7.8X10°

Adult Female
14 Year Old

8.0X10°
1.2x10?

9 Year Old

1.6x10!

12 Year Old

6 Year Old
1 Year Old
Newborn
In Utero, 3rd tri.
In Utero, 2nd tri.

1.2x10!

1.8x10'
3.9x10!
1.9x10°
5.010"
1.4x10!

_

8.3x10'

_

13x10?

~
_
_

_
_
_
—
—

8.7x10°
1.2x10°

3#15x10°
21x10°

1.7x10°

28x10°

19x10?
3.7X10°
28x10!
5.6x10'
1.5x10°

=«3.2x10°
66x10?
43x10!
89x10’
2.2«10°

*Multiply by 0.01 to obtain gray.

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33.4x10°—
4.8x10°

2.4K10'—-2.7K10°
3.5x10'
3.8x10°

«1.610?
2.210

5.710!

«4.5x10'

3.010"

4.7K10°

24x10"

3.4K 10"
«6.6107
4.8x10!
9.8x10!
26x10"