absorbed dosefrom iodine and tellurium nuclides was 7.7 times greater than the absorbed dose due to }*'I at Rongelap for an adult male. It was 10 times greater than the absorbed dose due to ‘817 at Sifo Island and 4.7 times the absorbed dose due to ‘*'I at Utirik Island. James assumed BRAVO fallout. Surface and airborne activity, fallout granule size, and exposure rate at any time after the detonation were developed for 142 nuclides at Rongelap and Utirik on the basis of the reported nuclide composition on day 26 postdetonation. Over 70 documents were reviewed for information regarding exposure-rate readings, film-badge readings, fallout composition, dose and dose rate, body burdens, urine analyses, gastrointestinal tract contents, bone marrow and thyroid dose estimates, and activity the total thyroid absorbed dose was 2.6 times greater than the absorbed dose dueto 1317 3 The factor 2.6 would be appropriatefor slightly older fallout than that experienced at Rongelap, Utirik, or Sifo Islands. Table 1 was based on ingestion intake. Inhalation intake and absorption through skin could not be reconciled with measurements of ‘”'I in urine or with external measurements in soil, water, marine life, and land animals. Results from the meteorology study and archival soil study were also reexamined and compared to fallout composition results.’ A tabulation of the estimates of thyroidabsorbed dose, age at exposure, and specific nuclides is given as Table 1. The thyroid- exposure rate measurements. The average and maximumestimatesoftotal thyroid-absorbed dose were tabulated in Table 2. Observations of the range of 7Cg body burdens during protacted exposure’ and the Table 2 Total Thyroid-Absorbed Dose Estimate Average Estimate, rad* Sifo Island Rongelap Island Age Internal External Total 1000 190 1200 1600 190 Adult Male Adult Female 14 Year Old 12 Year Old 1100 1400 190 190 Internal External 1300 1600 280 290 410 110 110 110 Utirik Island Total 400 Internal External Total 160 410 530 150 160 220 11 570 11 11 170 230 9 Year Old 6 Year Old 2000 2400 190 190 2200 2600 18006 450 110 110 110 660 760 240 300 340 11 11 11 310 350 1 Year Old Newborn In Utero, 3rd tri. 5000 250 680 190 190 190 5200 440 870 1300 — _— 110 — _— 1400 _ _— 670 48 98 11 il 11 680 59 110 In Utero, 2ndtri. — —_ — 540 640 490 110 610 260 11 200 270 Maximum Estimate, rad* Aduit Male Adult Female 14 Year Old 12 Year Old 9 Year Old 6 Year Old 1 Year Old Newborm In Utero, 3rd tri. InUtero, 2nd tri. 4000 4400 5600 6400 8000 9600 190 190 190 190 190 190 4200 4600 5800 6600 8200 9800 1120 1160 1600 1800 2200 2600 110 110 110 110 110 110 1200 1300 1700 : 1900 2300 2700 600 640 880 960 1200 1400 11 11 11 11 11 11 610 650 890 970 1200 1400 20000 190 20000 5200 119 5300 2700 li 2700 1000 2700 190 190 1200 2900 — — _— — — — 190 390 11 11 200 400 2000 110 2100 1000 1k 1000 — — —_ *Multiply by 0.01 to obtain gray. cD mo co on qr 25