molarsond governsant Offisie on’March 24, I made < further
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of the Atomic Energy Commission, ve orovide whatever
avaiicole for evaluation ofthe radiological factors a
volved in ‘the: ‘dncider
: repeated the assurances repeated earlier by 2
Morton that we wished sincerely to be of aesistance , that our porttespation
was not motivated as soma Japanese suggested’ by ‘he »pportunities for
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scientific studies, ami that whatever iata wa obtained would be tured
over to the Japanese lL vestigatcra to oc .sed ty tiem in any way they saw fit.
At this point 1. wou.d be desirabiea tc itst the radiological studirs
which had been already made by “he Japanese. These studies are of interest
because they indicate .he extent of Japanese capabliities in this tield, and
define the extent "cc witco one Cactlitieas woul? de heipful ta tne Japanese,
(1) Using a cu.is 7.4, they measured .ne radioactivity of the Fukuryu
Maru, These data appear completely satisfactory and prove to be in good
agreement with meas--enen's mada wit* «mer:can calibrated aquipcrent,
(2)
They meas. ~~ radioactivity if tre
Tisnm «nd Pisherven, using
portable survey equivmerit.
coWaVe:,
O" @ic eQuipmert wag not caribrated
and their data were (0 mr pr ite
iw
oe te ae
etemmined by toe ary |
factory ca.ibra'is
(3)
recovered from the vensei was
They uetermuned tnal une asr
radioactive using ar enc window GM tuve am scaler, Their counting system
was not calibrated and they reporteu courts per ninute with no knowledge
sesh mn leh vereincallee 4
cata *¢ standard units.
of the factor required te cenvert ‘nei
(4) They completea « qualitative radiochemical analysis of the ashi
and reported the following: Sr 89, Y91, 2r9S, Nod9Sn, N95 Rut
ou
Rnl10S, Sb127, Tel32, [13]. 1132, BaluC, LatLc Celll, cell
(7)
Dodie
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velassified
DOD O1R 3200.10
“‘srermer with a ON probe,
is deserived
mase,
n
te
Usang an inersion type Geocwre,
activity in the urime <f 9 fishermen.
calibrated and ‘he ausoluta activity
if
1
mad demonstrated radia
(ty
(#' re, their equipment was not
" be - etemmined.
Fith this as tne states af tnery .ctustsagation at the time cf my arrival,
orquainres ‘he Japane ve sith cur
and following severa. {ours Gurang whoa”
experience in tris
[ e:2
of
¢P ferme
the status of the patients,
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give them a repert [.: the constituents
I explained the neec (r -erial sarp.e:
made at weekl
“Te
cre
{1} Complete radiocnemica. arnaysas
all patients. cn view of the importarnc»
imnediately and assu'2
j
+
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(6)
earlier.
the
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(5)
‘iw ara:ysis fora fe
om
recently they heve completed # semiequatt
isotopes).
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