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period is 6.4 mR (light fallout occurred on the RENDOVA during the early morning of
4 November).

Thus, the total integrated intensity to which YN3

. waS potentially

exposed during this period is 248.4 mR. This analysis assumes that between 1-4 November,
YN3

spent 60 percent of the day topside on the hangar deck with no shielding and 49

percent delow decks.

While below, he was offered a shielding factor of 0.06 by the ship's

structure (Reference 2).

(Typically, a crewmember is assumed to spend 40 percent of the

day topside and 60 percent below). The dose calculations for 1-4 Novemberare as follows:
Dosey _4 Nov 7 (.25 R)(0.7 rem/R) [o.6(1) + 0.4(.06)| = O.ll rem.

During the period 5-18 November, it is assumed that YN3

spent approximately

85 percent of each day either topside (on the hangar deck) or on Japtan Island.

Trips to

Japtan are assumed to have lasted for six hours. The free-field integrated intensities on tve
RENDOVA and Japtan during this time period are 59.3 mR and 62.2 mR, respectively.
Again, while below deck, he was shielded by the ship’s structure. The dose calculations for
the period 5-18 November are as follows:

Doses 19 Nov = (0.7 rem/R) [/24to.062 R) + 14/24(0.059R) + 4/24(.059R).06)
= 0.04 rem

YN3

total gamma dose while at Enewetak during the period 1-18 November is

therefore 9.11 + 0.04 = 0.15 rem.

. also states that he swam in radioactive water while he was a lifeguard on
Japtan Island. Water samples were obtained off Miramar Beach (Parry Island) on 3, 4, 6, 7,
8, 9 and 17 November 1952.

Activity was noted only on 4 and 6 November when water

sanples showed activity concentrations (beta-gamma) less than one-tenth the naximiim
permissible concentration; it was concluded "that swimming at Miramar Beach involved 10
hazard because of radioactivity" (Reference 6). Samples obtained between Parry and Japtan

islands revealed even less activity than those at Miramar Beach; hence, swimming off
Japtan would have provided no significant dose contribution.
DOSE DUE TO INTERNAL EMITTERS
During

YN3

exposure

to

contaminated

helicopters

in

the

period

1-4 November, the possible inhalation of resuspended fallout is considered. It is noted that
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