213 «4 » be able to get your cross checks from one to CDR, CONARD: the other. Do these surveys give us any better id as to what the original dose was by extraplating back? DR. BUGHER: There would not be decay, and the decay with time has become more complicated by the weathering factors which come in. DR. DUNNING: I doubt there wuld be any additional data that would turn up at this stage of the game that Alderson Reporting Company Washington, D. C. would influence our thirking on the original estimation. 10 were concerned in terms of the decay constants between 11 the cix hour and the fiftieth hour, which might well be a 12 different decay than it is now. 18 MR. HARLEY: Your change in total dose would be 14 slight, no matter what the decay rate was, after the 15 first few days, because almost all your total dose is in 16 the first few hours anyway. 17 DR. BUGHER: There is somewhat of a question as to 18 how to get the most information with the least work here. 19 Payne, do you have a thought here? 20 BR. HARRIS: We When I read this, I personally auld a1 not see any particular reason for doing air surveys unless 22 it was to continue attempting to calibrate between good 23 round readings and air readings to get a calibratim factor, 24 I question whether this is necessary to go to 25 the Pacific to do this. ARC Rongelap in Could not this be continued in Denartment of EncNyWevada ti the next series of operations? Historian's Oivsg RO mos afc yi 2 if