yo? tH nsimoisoi bar besv inn arom allots Ayod Gh) On March 1, 1954, a¢:‘Bikini Atoll, BRAVO, the eleat of “ale ‘nuclear weapde Pp a tidderepe gd oer - tebanee Yrronreds | feastial muvadi ada in the Castle series, was detonated. tests ld gerbe pad Re flare f 171077 [as beneGinny ysacho bye 4th Gal He puesnip dye The BRAVO devicecaused eubacanéiat 8 ¢19448 hare JosUd TES ry ares. a: surface contamination on: jahabited atolls within a: 2,000 ‘equareadie” tn wioenfanee boald ben anda da oreyvlene ts ohana he Lise ad dies lip, ‘Rouge se if be The’) iyi! ota contaminated region was cigar shaped and: included Ailinginad; neti. ybod ft nb soemgaq ois Jedd eebilaunothnr add Witngup Low vy: Rongerik, and Utirik Atolls which lay east of: ground zero’ at “tafanen from 60 wioasbiusd ebudl to vaneay “ai oevly ate an mae sem Lexis Hoe hot to 300 miles. vert bo be 94 ‘ ue The fallout. on Rongelap, initially visible at Werhoure, ‘had 2: eat titasupelo ting add geqng ai arto gerd omit ad“103 +S oy ty H+10 hours (6162), thinned out to the extentithat it was no. longer seen at a boat tiv gay rot fey 9098 BR.*fakite trey ‘On March 3, 1954, the 64 residents: of Rongelap’ toll enc 1B. residents of: Tpyetee sttpin OAS? ga) odie as bed ad Yeu far aunnt nH bre ate me Sf eh a : Tbe Rs vhad mabey nebrod OIBI4>: | 437 Utirik Atoll residents also took place. fs beng) ever bia ie tea r During the. first few:weeks and at. aRwW gttosl SEtt ae Alo an Og “hry : : On March 3 - ang:‘4s evacuation of e Sifo Island, Ailinginae, Atoll, were evacuated. Posscie. By ,dlebs nA Ak 4 : ’ least once every year from: 1957 to the.‘present, a: BrookhavenWetton)Laboratory’ : eR vas de ‘ wot fra apy fs "4H arg avy # sat qhod yt aif medicalteam, organized by the Department of Defense andby't ne: onic enerey’ Pp peg oe + Pobre sg picrahe at wybmidiy fo rd Uy Bue yoy ‘ Commission and its successor organizations, has prov de medical:exaninat iions"ta aye BYy¢ a monitor the health of the’ pereons initially‘affected by.‘tiveEeTtoutfrom the ‘mug clear testing program, plus a comparison population."dpe Se eesfindings? are given in Cr56, Co58, 6059, C060, Co62, Co63, CobS, Co67; "to7d, Co75, and re id saute A’ heat i Co80. ae ; io id 8 The Utirikese and Rongelapese returned to their home atolls in June 1954. and in June 1957 respectively. The earlier repatriation ofUtirik Atoll: was. based on the low level of external radiation exposure measured after the initial 3 month observation period (March to June 1954). +t The Utirikpopulation was not.. examined by a Brookhaven medical team until March, 1957, when’ 144" people received comprehensive physical examinations. Following the 1957, medical survey, two men, removed from Utirik for medical reasons, werewhole body’ counted at Argonne National Laboratory and provided urine samples for radiochemical anal- TAMas . Aig + POM TUI ee ote oe . , ab eb ‘ : cm