OL
acure
estimates,
exposure.e
they
"Bate ot
evaluation of
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were:
.
stuaqi1es
(1)
were
archival
used
to
Bpenerarce
soil-sample
radiochemical analyses data for “Bikini Ash”,
1-129,
ause
(2)
the BRAVO fallout
people. “Tentative results indicate thyroid doses were underestimated for the.
Rongelap people by a factor of 2 to 10.
Thyroid nodule incidence will be
evaluated. in terms of new estimates for thyroid absorbed dose
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Research carried
Oe te I geHowes 62 wae
apvsvuipoea
for
which fell on a Japanese fishing vessel in the vicinity of RongePap Atoll on
March 1, 1954, (3) weather and source-term data for BRAVO coupled with current
fallout transport and deposition models and (4) evaluation of the radioiodine
analysis of the single initial pooled urine sample reported for the Rongelap
populations.
mee eee
Liyrolag
analysis
out
under
the
auspices
of
the
Contract NO. DE-ACO2~76CHO0016.
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for both atoll
Deparment
of
Energy,
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