at Bikini Atol] allows comparison of the predicted doses at the two
atolls.
The predicted doses at each atoll] are of course based upon
assumptions concerning the time sequence of availability of key food
products as outlined in the respective assessments.
The predicted
dose for the living pattern using Bikini Island for residence and for
agricultural products exceeds any predicted for Enewetak, primarily
because key food products will be available on a much shorter time
scale.
The doses predicted for the primary living patterns at the two
atolls are listed in Table 33.
The highest predicted doses occur for
the living pattern involving Bikini Island, Case 6, at Bikini Atoll.
The integral 30 year whole body and bone marrow doses and 29 and 43 rem
respectively.
The predicted doses are approximately 2.5 times higher
than those predicted for Engebi Island at Enewetak Atoll (whole body
11 rem, bone marrow 16 rem) which is the living pattern leading to
the second highest predicted doses at the atolls.
Eneu Island, Case 1,
at Bikint Atoll ranks third in the list of four major living patterns
at the two atolls.
The whole body dose of 5.0 rem and bone marrow
dose of 6.6 rem for Eneu are approximately a factor of two lower than
those predicted for Engebi Island at Enewetak Atoll.
However the Eneu
doses are about five times higher than the southern island living
patterns at Enewetak.
The southern island living patterns at Enewetak
lead to the lowest predicted doses of all living patterns at either
atoll (1.0 rem whole body, 1.2 rem bone marrow), and are in fact lower
than U.S. doses.
Bone doses presented in the Enewetak Radiological Survey (1) were
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