From A Twenty-Six Yeur Review of Medica] Findings in a Marshallese
Population Exposed to Fallout in 1954.

R. A. Conard et al.
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Appendix YI _~

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A.

DOSE ASSESSMENT

Early Radiacion*

ACOLL

Rongelap
ALlingnae

Rongerik

Approx.

Est.

Instrument

callout began

evacuation

(mR/hr)

CR)

64

H+4 to 6 hr

4H+50 hr (16 people)
H+51 hr (48 people)

375, H+7 days

175

H+28.5 hr (8 wen)

280, Ht9 days

i00,

H+9 days

69

40,

H+8 days

14

18

28

Table 2.

H+58 hr

cto 6 hr

H+4

H+6.8 hr

H+34 hr (20 men)
Started at H+55 hr

H+22 hr

y¥

exposure

readings

Time of

time

people

157

Utirik

in air).

Estimated gamma exposure (measurements

Table Ll.

No.

BEST COPYAVAILABLE

78

Estimated body burden (\iCi) of Rongelap people.

Activity*
ac day

vat

li

0.34~

Rare earth group

3 (in thyroid gland)

0

~ 1.2

0

- 0.013

Ca
Fissile material

0
0

40

0.021

9

0.03

6.4 -11.2

As Ru

burden

0.19

2.7

perm,

total body

at day 8&2

1.6 - 2.2

‘Ba

Max.

Activity**

0.7

~

- 0.019
- 0.016 (yg)

50

0.0
0.0

200
0.4

*From U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory,
**From Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
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pny
Table 3.

ntspney

oO

Estimated whole-body (gamma) and thyroid doses (rad)
Thyroid. dose (incl.
at

exposure

gamma),

age:

Whole-body

Population

Rongelap

Arlingnae
Utirik

No.

dose

65

175

18
138

69
14

<lO

810-1800
275-450
60-95

10-18

>18

335-810

335

L190
30-60

-

135
30

kAyeevaluation of the early whole-body and internal organ doses is in progress ak Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Incomplete results give some indicaflom fo at the previously estimated thyroid doses way be tae Low.
Sines the
eesulty are preliminary, they are not includéd i2 tete resine,

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