Hardy, E.F. Jr.3 Rivera, J.; Conard, R.A. New York Operations Office. Health and Safety Lab., AEC; Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. Publication Date: 1944 24 p. Primary Report Na.: BNL-2@657 Secendary Repert Na.: CONF-765-7 Nete: CONF-765-7 Journal Announcement: NSAIL9 Availability: NTIS Document Type: Report Language: English Contract Ne.: AT-30-2-GEN-16 Descriptors: ACCIDENTS; BIOLOGY; BODY; CESIUM 137; CONTAMINATION; COUNTERS; DIET; FALLOUT; FECES: FISSION PRODUCTS; FOOD: HALF-LIFE; ™ AN: MARSHALL ISLANDS; MEASURED VALUES; MEDICINE; METABOLISM; FACIFIC OCEAN; PLANTS; POPULATIONS; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIGISOTOFES + SAMPLING; SEA; STRONTIUM 90; URINE; USA Subject Codes (NSA): BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE; Metabolism, Tissue Distribution, and Toxicalsay Record - 35 235505 NSA~17-025473 MEDICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAP FEQFLE EIGHT YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO FALLOUT Conrad, R.A.: Meyer, L.M.: Sutow, W.W.3 Moloney, W.C.; Lowrey, A.; Hickin ag. A.: Riklan, E. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y. Publication Date: Jan. 1963 76 p. Primary Repert No.: BNL-7803; BNL-T-296 Secondary Report Ne.: BNL-~T-294 Journal Announcement: NSA17 Document Type: Report Language: English Contract New: AT(30-2)-GEN-16 Results are presented cf a medical survey of the pecple af Rangelap in the Marshall Islands, carried out in March 1962 at 93 years after accidental exposure to fallout from a high yield thermenuclear device during Castile Operation in the Pacific Froving Grounds in March 1954. Sixty-four inhabitants of Rongelap, 105 nautical miles from the detonation, received an estimated dose of 175 r of whole-body radiation, contamination of the skin sufficient tc result in beta burns, and slight internal abserpticn of radioactive materials through inhalation and ingestion. Eighteen Rengelap people on a nearby island received an external dese of about 69 r, and 157 Marshallese on Utirik Island received an estimated dase cf 14 r whole-bedy radiation. The fallout was net visible on this island and na skin effects developed. Findings are summarized of surveys made during the preceding 7 years. Findings are compared with those on comparisen populations of Marshallese people. Data are presented from physical examinations, a cancer detection and leukemia survey, growth and develcapment studies in children, cphthalmological examinations, studies an residual beta burns, a dental survey, studies of aging criteria, and estimation of body burden of Sr/sup 90/. Findings persisting in the expesed population include incomplete recovery of certain bloacd elements tc levels found in the unexposed people, retardation of grawth and develcpment in seme af the irradiated children, and pigmented changes at the sites cf 5004582