48
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TE
Table 47—NRDL Marshall Island Resurvey—1956 Results of Analyses of Human Urine Perfor:
at HASL
Hag
No.
[| NRDL
No.
6
i
4
9
10
7
2
3
8
Sampumne
LOCATION
ToTaL
CoLLection
Date
NAME
AGE
VoLUME C-DatTE
Ruceivep Torat
(mb)
ACTIVITY
Total ACTIVITY
djm/i
°
Saw
d/m/l
c
aj
oe
Utirik.......
oe do....2..
fell. do...
j--.-- do...
[-..-- da_....-.
{.L.- do... 2.
|-.--- 0... 2.
[----- do-_._....
[-L.- (Cen
Hoye... do._.-..--
4 Likiep.. 2.
1 [-..-do......$ jo. do...
9 |..-- do-_..-..6 fo... do... 2.2.
$j... do_......
2 |----- do.......
7 jee do...
10 j--..- do...
@ Majuro***._
49 |... do...
36 j...- do...
26 |-..-- do...-...
76 |. -do_. ee
Control. ...- 3-26-56. _._.aenee do.......| June
June
June
June
"Direct plating.
Pooled
sample
ool- |.-.-..
lected at HASL,
1956_...
1056...
1956...
1956....)-.-.-dO... ene eee eee [ene ee
**Carbonate precipitation.
*** Rongelap natives,
an environment of continual intake and excretion rather than the results of body elimination
of previously deposited Sr®.
B. Medical Surveillance
When the Rongelapese were returned to their
homeisland, it was planned to inaugurate a program of continuing medical inspections. The
Rongelapese would be examined once a month
by a Marshallese practitioner and complete medical examination performed once a year by an
American physician. Arrangements would be
made for urine collections and analyses every
three months for the first year and afterward
on a yearly basis unless the findings indicate
the necessity for more frequent analyses. A
radio would be provided on Rongelap for communication with the Trust Territories Office on
Ebeye (Kwajalein Atoll) where a plane would
be available at all times for any emergency.
A fully equipped dispensary would be provided
on Rongelap and an experienced health aide
(a Marshallese) would be present at all times.
Before their return, the Marshallese would be
given a complete medical examination, and
immunized
tetanus,
against smallpox,
typhoid
and
C. Environmental Contamination
The degree of contamination on the home
islands of the Rongelapese was considered