-2- t The next few slides show the village of Rongelap at that time and some of the people. All of these island groups were evacuated about two days after the accident and taken-to a Naval base to the south where extensive medical examninations and personnel decontamination were carried out over a three month period. The next slide shows a group of Marshallese bathing in the lagoon to remove radioactive contamination from their bodies. Examinations showed fewer radiation effects in the American servicemen and the Utirik people, and the former were returned to their duty station and the latter to their home island. However, Rongelap island was too contaminated and the people lived in a temporary village in a southern atoll of the Marshalls for three years. In 1957 a fine new village was built at Rongelap by the Atomic Energy Commission. The radiation levels on the island at this time were considered acceptable and the people were returned. The next several slides show pictures of the new village. Annual examinations by medical specialists from the United States and medical personnel from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands have been conducted under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission and Brookhaven National Laboratory with the accumulation and publication of much valuable data. Some 200 unexposed Rongelap people, away from the island at the time of the accident, have since moved back with the exposed people and afford a most satisfactory comparison population. The early or acute effects of the exposure of the Rongelap pecrle will now be briefly reviewed. The penetrating gamma radiation dose of 175 rads resulted in temporary anorexia and nausea in the majority of people with vomiting and diarrhea in a few, during the first two days after exposure. a. 9007264