Did we people on Utirik get as muchradiation as the people on Rongelap?
No, because Utirik is farther away from Bikini than Rongelap. One way to measure radiation is by counting the ‘“‘rads’’. Below is the numberof rads the people

got in 1954:

People on Rongelap..........0..cc eects 175 rads

People on Allinginae....... ee 69 rads

Americans on Rongerik...... ue. ae 70 rads
People on Utirtk... eee 14 rads

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