Table 18
Rongelap Exposure Rates Based on Living Pattern Assumed for Bikini “3,%
Description

Infants
0-4 yrs

Fraction
of population

16%

Children
5-19 yrs

Men
20+ yrs

Women
20+ yrs

41%

22%

21%

Dose rate due to
Time spent within these areas

(eR/hr)

Inside Home

3.65

2.19

2.19

2.19

Within 10 m of

1.10

0.73

0.37

0.73

Elsewhere invik
lage

0.37

0.73

0,37

0.73

Beach

0.37

0.37

0.37

0.37

Interior Island

0,37

1.10

1.46

1.10

Lagoon

0.00

0.37

0.37

0.19

Other Islands

4.98

4.98

6.23

6.23

10.84

10.47

11.36

11.54

home

Total (4R/hr)
Cinel bkgd)

Table 19
Exposure Rates and Dose Predictions for Persons Living on

Rongelap Atoll Based on Assumed Bikini Living Pattern
Net Weighted

Age Group

Rate in uR/hr
May 1977

External Integral Dose in
10 yr.

30 yr.

Rem (Bkgd Subt)
50 yr.

Infants (0-4 yrs)
Children (5-19 yrs)

7.09
6.72

0.56
0.52

1.35
1,27

1.84
1.75

Women (20 yrst)

7.79

0.62

1.49

2.03

Men (20 yrs+)

7.61

0.60

- 20 =

1.44

1.97

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