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Radio Station
Weather Station (N end of island)
290
20
160
110
Proj 6,6.Station (S end of island) 240
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In order to estimate the rate of decay between 8 and 11 March, the follow
ing radiation measurements were taken on three days on Rongolap Island:
.
Central living areca (village)
Southern most cistern
Roof of cistern (Southernmost)
Ground (contact) cistern arca
8 March
11 March
280
220
240
220
17@
145
140
10
orfnr
or/nr
mr/hr
or/hr
or/hr
ar/br
mrfhr
arfhy
fn area was selected 30 yards inland from tho Rongelap cemctcry as a mas.
ing point for future decay measurements, This arca is outlined with 2X%4s plac:
on pails, The waist height reading was 210 m/hr at 1000 hours, 11 March 1954.
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areas.
Sample collections
Water samples were collected from the wator supplics of all
About two quarts of water wore transferred to a polycthlenc
each site,
analysis.
inhabited
bottle at
These will be turned over to the New York Operations Office, AEC
Soil samples wore collccted at all inhabited arcas and also at scvera’
uninhabited islands,
In collecting tho soil samplcs a one foot by one foot
squaro was martsdon the ground and soil to about one inch of dopth was removed
from the square and transferred to a cardboard eontaincr, The primary samples
will be turned over to the New York Oporation Office, AEC, for analysis, and
some smaller samples will be analyzed by Program 2 of TU 13.
Listed in Table 3 are the samplcs taken with the dose ratc measured .
at waist height at the location where they wero takon,
TABLE 3 —- SOIL
Samplo No.
Bil
;
Rongelap
Island
Rongelap (North end)
2
3
Rongelap
Rongelap
Rongelap (Center of village)
Rongelap (l1 mile north of
4
Rongelap
5*
Rongeflap
Rongelap (near South cistern
of village)
Eriirippu
Rongelap
Kabelle
6
Te
ae
9
10
11*
COPIED/DOE
Atoll
Rongelap
Utirik
Bikar
Rongerik
Ailinginae
village)
Eniaetok .
Date
Mr /r
8 Mar
440
8 Mar
340
6&8 Mar
260
8 Mar
220
8 Mar
2200
8 Mar
2000
9 Mar
10 Mar
10 Mar
160
=280
100
8 Mar
Utirik
300
9 Mar
Bikar
Eniwetak
Sifo
LO
=
*Small additional sample taken for analysis by Program 2 of TU 13.
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