BRAVO to ubtuimthe initial increasing exposure rate history evinced on figures
24 and 26.
This method yielded a fallout deposition period of 5.5 hours on
Rongelap anu 12 hours on Utirik.
This time compares well with the original ob-
servations 1.:ported by the Marshallese and by U.S. Navy personnel stationed in
the areu (St 57).
greater detutl
Figur:
ries.
Initial dose equivalents on "acute doses" are developed in
in another report.
25 demonstrates the external exposure following the 1958 testing se
Since return to Rongelap followed 3 years after the BRAVO contamination,
this series contributed in large part to the external exposure post return.
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