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conducted in May 19687,

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measurements of the externai racic

tion of the principal isc:opes contributing to the total
external exposure rates on eicn island of the atoll.

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of the nigh intensity of the radiation flielés generated by
tne tests,

we wore cole to detect at the tine of this survey

many long-lived fission anc activation sxcducts waich were
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