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Health Physics

August 2010, Volume 99, Number 2

Table 11. Radionuclides giving the largest organ doses (mGy) from the Bravo test (1954) to adults of four
population groups (Majuro residents, Kwajalein residents, Utrik community, and Rongelap Island community)
from acute intakes of fallout radionuclides and cumulative percentageof total dose resulting from acute intakes of
all 63 nuclides considered. Utrik and Rongelap Island community doses accountfor relocations. All values rounded
to two significant digits.
Majuro residents
Organ
and
rank*

Colon
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
RBM
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Stomach
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Thyroid
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Nuclide

Kwajalein residents

Dose

Cumulative
% of organ

(mGy)

dose?

Nuclide

Dose

Cumulative
% of organ

(mGy)

dose

Utrik community

Nuclide

Rongelap Island community

Dose

Cumulative
% of organ

(mGy)

dose

Cumulative
% of organ

Nuclide

(mGy)

dose

39
50
59
68
74
79
83
86
88
89

°°Np
BY
'BCe
ey
*°Mo
‘Te
Ta
Pr
Sr
‘Ru

764
437
221
182
160
138
136
125
105
83

Np
Te
“Ba
"Mo
“Ta
‘Ce
Rh
Pm
‘Spr
7Sb

0.34
0.21
0.093
0.079
0.064
0.058
0.053
0.026
0.025
0.025

31
51
59
67
72
78
83
85
87
90

Np
Te
“Ba
"Mo
'SCe
Rh
“Ta
Pm
“7Sb
‘Spr

0.19
0.11
0.048
0.044
0.037
0.033
0.029
0.015
0.014
0.011

32
51
59
66
72
78
83
85
87
89

Np
Te
'SCe
"Mo
By
Ba
‘Rh
Pm
La
YTSb

'Te
“Sr
“Ba
Mo
Np
“Ta
a
7Sb
BS]
a

0.0071
0.0039
0.0038
(0.0015
0.0014
0.0013
0.00084
0.00065
0.00061
0.00038

31
48
64
71
77
83
86
89
92
93

'Te
“Ba
°Sr
Mo
Np
“Ta
a
a
27Sb
SimTe

0.0039
0.0020
0.0020
0.00085
0.00083
0.00060
0.00045
0.00044
0.00037
0.00023

31
47
63
70
76
81
85
88
91
93

'STe
°°Np
*°Mo
Ba
1S]
'BCe
La
Sr
27Sb
Sim™Te

0.62
0.28
0.28
0.19
0.15
0.064
0.061
0.060
0.058
(0.054

30
43
57
66
73
77
79
82
85
88

'STe
°°Np
*°Mo
15]
1S]
Ba
OR
Sr
'8Ce
Sb

Np
Te
27
a
"Mo
“Ta
'’Ce
Rh
“Ba
a

0.019
0.011
0.010
0.0080
0.0055
0.0054
0.0039
0.0038
0.0032
0.0023

23
36
47
57
64
70
75
79
83
86

Np
'Te
BS]
a
"Mo
“Ta
'’Ce
Rh
“Ba
a

0.011
0.0060
0.0059
0.0053
0.0031
0.0025
0.0025
0.0024
0.0016
0.0012

23
35
47
58
64
69
74
79
82
84

°°Np
1S]
BY
'BCe
*°Mo
'STe
2]
1S]
‘Rh
Pr

3.8
1.8
1.7
1.1
1.0
0.95
0.84
0.57
0.48
0.29

25
37
47
54
61
67
72
76
79
81

ey
BY
Ta
°°Np
Pr
1S]
ORh
1S]
‘La
Sr

98
68
63
44
34
33
27
24
17
17

18
31
43
51
58
64
69
74
77
80

BY
a
'Te
a
8BimTe
a
"Mo
™Te
“Ba
Sr

3.6
1.4
0.34
0.072
0.022
0.0078
0.00050
0.00044
0.00024
0.00016

66
92
98
99
100
100
100
100
100
100

BY
a
'Te
a
BimTe
a
"Mo
°™Te
“Ba
“Sr

1.9
1.0
0.19
0.040
0.015
0.012
0.00028
0.00025
0.00012
0.000081

55
89
95
99
99
100
100
100
100
100

1S]
SIT
1S]
'STe
2]
BimTe
'SmTe
*°Mo
MTC
2°Sb

4,200
1,700
1,300
220
47
36
4.0
1.0
0.54
0.11

56
78
96
99
99
100
100
100
100
100

59
92
98
99
100
100
100
100
100
100

66
18
16
14
il
75
6.8
5.1
3.0
2.2

Dose

1S]
380
SIT
230
1S]
36
'2Te
29
2]
4.5
BimTe
3.4
*°Mo
0.091
mTe
0.079
Ba
0.010
‘Rh
0.0074

4.7
3.2
3.0
2.2
1.8
1.4
1.2
0.91
0.90
0.70

28
43
51
58
64
69
74
78
82
85
19
32
45
54
61
67
72
75
79
82

“Rank of | indicates radionuclide with highest organ dose; rank of 10 indicates radionuclide with tenth highest organ dose.
> Cumulative % is cumulative percentage of total organ dose estimated from all 63 radionuclides considered in acute intake
calculations.

found for the Rongelap Island community. For example, for adults at the time of the test Bravo, the lifetime
equivalent dose to RBM wasestimated to be 0.4 mSv,
which represents about 2% of the total internal dose to
RBM from acute intakes of other nuclides. For the
other organs and tissues, the equivalent doses from

acute intakes of *’'**°Pu represented less than 0.01%

of the total internal doses to those organs and tissues
from acute intakes. Doses from chronic intakes received during the lifetime of adults at the time of the

test Bravo also have been estimated using (1) the

concentrations of **°***°Pu in the top level of soil (0-5

cm) presented in Table 18, (2) a daily ingestion intake
of soil of 500 mg (Sun et al. 1997), and (3) the

committed dose coefficients recommended by ICRP
(1990). Here again, the highest doses were those to

RBM delivered to the Rongelap Island community.
The equivalent dose thus obtained was 0.8 mSv, which
represents about 3% of the total internal dose to RBM
from chronic intakes. For the other organs andtissues,

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