We will not discuss further details of these additional discussion and clarification. articles and Doses listed in this paper are from the Leggett model. models but refer the reader to the original their associated references for Results of Dose Calculations for Rongelap Atoll Cesium-137 Dose Equivalent same as that for intake beginning at all other ages. The annual dose rate in the second year whenintake begins at birth or at 4 months drops from the first year doses of 38 mrem and 50 mrem to about 16 mrem. This result is similar to that described by lIinuma et al. (1969) for the Japanese data where the doses to infants and The dose-equivalent rate calculated for Rongelap Island using the age-dependent model for estimating the !57Cs body burden is shownin Fig. 3. The age-dependent intake of !97Cs is as described in the “Intake of 79Sr and 137Cs" children based on whole-body counting wereless section of the paper for birth (424 pCi/d), 4 months (556 pCi/d), 9 months (773 pCi/d), 1.5y (517 pCi/d), 4 y (594 pCi/d), 12 y (761 pCi/d), and 18 y (1085 pCi/d), with the continuous intake in subsequent years decreasing than adult doses. The 30-, 50-, and 70-y dose equivalents are also listed in Table 7 for each age. The integral 30-y dose equivalent for intake starting at each age rangeis as follows: birth, 377 mrem; 4 months, 389 mrem; 9 months, by radiological decay(i.e., T'/? = 30 y for !37Cs). The maximum annual dose-equivalent ratesfor intake at the beginning of each age range are listed in Table 7. integral 358 mrem; 1.5 y, 361 mrem; 4 y, 382 mrem; 12 y, They are birth, 38 mrem; ' 4months, 50 mrem; 9 months, 15 mrem; 1.5 y; 459 mrem, and 18 y, 504 mrem. The corresponding integral 50-y dose equivalents are birth, 16 mrem; 4 y, 16 mrem; 12 y, 20 mrem;adult, 567 mrem; 4 months, 579 mrem; 9 months, 22 mrem. Thus, the estimated maximum annual 547 mrem; 1.5 y, 551 mrem; 4 y, 572 mrem; 12 y, dose equivalent for adults is less than for intake beginning at birth or at 4 months but is about the 649 mrem, and 18 y, 693 mrem. Thus, the integral 30- and 50-y dose equivalent calculated for Table 7. The integral 30-, 50-, and 70-y effective dose equivalent and maximum annualeffective dose- equivalentrate for continuous intake of 137Cs beginningat various ages. Integral dose equivalent Maximum 30 y (mrem) 50 y 70 y Birth 377 567 686 38 4 months 9 months 389 358 579 547 698 667 50° 15 572 692 ‘16 Age intake begins L5y 4y 12 y 18 y SO001TI. 361 382 459 504 551 649 693 17 671 769 813 dose-equivalent rate (mrem/y) 16 20 22