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The picture is further confused because some of the natives had bathed and
sors had not before the arrival af the evacuation team.
Most of the 27 0.3. Serviee personne! staticned on Enivetak Island,
Rongertk Atcll, received about 40-50 roentgens, based on film badge read=
ings.
Three perbers of the group who were located for part of the tine in
another section of the {sland vere estimate! to have received sozevhat
higher doses,
Seventeen of the 28 persenne! showed only slight super-
fieilal lesions with ons questionable case o” epilation.
It should be
pointed out that the personnel were in meta. buildings during soze of the
fallout tine and for most of the tine tiereaftar until evacustion.
This
reduced the direct contaztnation as weal) as the whole-body gama dose.
4 file badge hanging on the center pole of « tent at one ond of the island
read SE roentgens.
Calculations based on dose rate readings at another
part of the islend indicated sowewhat lower doses, 1f personne] had
recained in the open for the period of tine fros fallout (about E plus
7.$ hours) to evacuation (at about F plus & hours),
Upon arrival at
Kvajelein ene personnal gama dose rete rea‘ing was as high as 250 mr/hr
at
about H pins 35 bours,
The above data do suggest that there ray be possible a rough
bracketing of gama-beta doses versus beta burns
On the one hand, the
natives from Utirik received an astinated wole-hody gama dose of 15
roentgens and shoved no evidence of beta turns,
O the other hand, the
natives on Sifo Island, allinginae Atoll, received about an estizated
whole-body ganza dose of 75 reantgen= wit? (4 jersonnal showing slight
.