err| pee ee _ em alla re (6) were measured, heavy fallout areas down-wind from the blast areas with intermediaz- @nd non-blast, Low fallout areas where the Lowest expoture rates were measured. The location, code name and year of each announced nuclear weapons test From the locations of the tests it can be seen that the blast areas include the wesez on tip of Eneman, Lomilix near the center of the Aomen-Iroij Comolex, western reef near Nam. and the north- Since the prevailing winds in the area are generally in a westerly or southwesterly direction, the heavy fallout areas are primarily the islands of the southwestern reef. a Ll. snes rengedifion = Fig. (2) have been indicated on the map in (i ~ t ure rates, There were exceptions to the normal wind pattern, however, most notably for shot Bravo in 1954 when unexpected high altitude winds carried fallout eastward over Bikini Island and on to the Marshallese natives of Rongelap Atoll. Thus some of the non-blast areas, which include the islands of Bikini, Eneu, and the eastern half ” ¥ experienced lesser but not insignificant amounts of local fallout. + — The island of Eneu See pee pomp ane of the Aerokoj-Eneman Complex,