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portion of

portion,

the curve any more,

but pretty much on the flat

So the dose rate was not changing as rapidly as you

might suspect.
DR. DUNHAM:

You would guess they got about one

fifth of their dose in the first 12 hours.
DR.

BOND:

That

DR.

SONDHAUS:

is right.
This depends very strongly on

whether you assume the fallout was along one or short one.

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If you assume that the fallout was quick, that the dose
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built up to a high rate very quickly,

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hour dose would certainly be appreciably more than if the

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fallout was slow and only reached its peak after 12 hoyrs.

then the first 12

In either case, I don't think even in the maximum

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case you can allow for more than about 30 per cent of the

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total dose in the first 12 hours for the 51 hour exposure.

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However,

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evacuation was at 28-1/2 hours, I think the first 12 hours

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would probably give as much as half the total dose.

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are guesses.

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but they are still not a great deal more than tht.

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in the case of the Rongerik exposure, where the

They are more than a guess out of

DR. DUNHAM:

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Harry,

on that point.

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CDR. ETTER:

ARC
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These

thin air,

I stand completely corrected
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How long was the fallout actually

observed by the natives?

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About 10 o'clock at night.

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CDR. CONARD:

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