-2must be met. First, the annual dose to individuals should
not exceed 500 mRem/Yr, The standards state, “This guide
applies when individual whole body doses are known.” To comply
with this requirement for Bikini Island residents, a monitoring
program was begun approximately five years ago. Second, the
average dose over 30 years to the population should not exceed
j,000 mRem. Federal standards contain the suggestion that
exposures of individuals in a population group may differ from
the average by a factor of three.
ASSUMPTIONS
Predictions of maximum annual exposures of Eneu residents are
based upon conservative assumptions regarding the average
amount of daily food intake that may occur. The diet of some
individuals may differ from the average such that their exposures will be higher or lower than this prediction. This
was observed in the whole body measurements of Bikini Islanders
137CS body burdens where the highest measurements were three
times the average.
FINDINGS
The estimated average annual dose for people living on Eneu
Island who would eat locally grown food including coconuts
is between 250 and 300 mRem/Yr. The estimated 30-year dose
for the population is about 7~000 mRem. If the dose for those
people who were previously living on Bikini Island is added
to the dose for living on Eneu, the total 30-year dose would be
about 8,5oo

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