48
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
Table 47—NRDL Marshall Island Resurvey—1956 Results of Analyses of Human Urine Performed
at HASL
HASL
No.
3399__ 2...
NRDL
No.
6
SaMPLinc
LOCATION
COLLECTION
DATE
NAME
AGE?
Utirik....... 2-11-56___ 2. A. wo o2---o- eee
1 jie. do......4 fi do.......
i do._.....
10 |... do.__....
7 |----- do__-...2 |... do.......
: do_._...-
Q-11-66_.__.2-11-56__._-2-11-56, ...-9-11-56. _..2-11-56__.2.2-11-56._.__2-11-56__ 2. -
3408_ 2.
3400__.__-3410. --__-.
341L_.
3412.22...
1} do_......
4 Likiep_--..1 |--..- do..-....
2 do.......
9 |... do....-..
2-11-56... POOLED..._....----.|___-2-11-56__22.- Joie eee een} eee _2-11-56____.- Kio e. nee
3
2-11-56_.__.- L._.----------------8
2-11-56__._.- M_.....---.----------.1
3413_____--
8 |.do... | 2-11-56.___-- Tool ee enews eee ee
C-DaTE
Tota
ACTIVITY
190
3-25-56
4
3400. --...3401.2...
3402-.__.-3403... __-.
3404_____..
3405...----3406.22.
3407__.._--
Bi. 2-2. ------ +e
O_o eee eee
D.___..---------------EB __..--2 one --eeF__oou...----4-4-----Cn
H_..ou-----.-..------
TOTAL
VOLUME
ReEcervep
(mal)
2
12
27
22
5
16
6
16
TOTAL ACTIVITY
d/m/l
|
ue
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
36004280
33604320
33204300
7600+-240
44004280
82002360
2214320
|__.....-..
|___.._-__.
|__-------}__---..... 3. 44.0.3
|..-----.-170-4100
|___-.____-
620
260
360
160
225}
3-25-56;
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
7600+320
4400-+320
44004820
48004820
40004240
S100 6.81.4
|___.--___|...--.---.
|__.--.--.j._.--___-.
340
3-25-56
3480-4240 |___..___-
26
235
3414____ 2.
3
fo... do.......
2-11-56_ 2.22.
a
13
410
3-25-56
98004360
3416_____--
7
|----- do---..-.
2-11-56... _.-
Q.-----.------------
45
190
3-25-56
88004320
Majuro***__| 2-29-56._.__- Rw... .-- 2-2.
24
980
3-25-56
2600-4240 |__.---..--
2 |---.. do....-.- 2-11-56__.... Polite ee nee ene
35
3417_____-.
10 }.__-. do....-- 2-11-56._.__. POOLED____.__----.}___--
3418__..__.
9
600
990
3-25-56)
3-25-56
3-25-56
48004320 |_....---. 5.30.3
290204280
9200-4360
100
40
|_.__- do_...-..
2-29-56... 2.
6. eee ieee ee
31
990
3-25-56
24004240
|_..---.---
36
j-..-- do....-_.
2-29-56___._-
T _oeuw eee e eee
8
1, 000
3-25-36
1160+200
|...------.
$421. _.__-9422.2. 2.
26 |___.- do..--... 2-20-56____.- UW ween eee eee eee ee
76 |_-_.- do.__.... 2-29-56. _._._ Vow eee nena nee
13
ll
930
990
34-25-56
3-25-56}
22004240 |.._.-_.._.
13604280 |..._..___.
sample
ceol- |____.-
eens do__.....| June 1956.___|-..-.do_. 2-2 22-2 e eet
* Direct plating.
**Carbonate precipitation.
1,000 |... 8.
4250-4250
2540+63
-
1487223
=100
|.....--.-- /
3419___.-
lected at HASL.
aweee do._.....; Fume 1956.__.)-...-do_-----.-..-------|-----nares do_.-....| June 1956._..)..-.-do_.-.-......------)---.-wo--- do..-....] June 1956_-.-]-..-.do..-.--.-------..-]------
720415
600-100
3420... _--
Control. _... 3-26-56_____- Pooled
Cg137
d/m/1}
48002240 |___.______ j
250
570
440
135
180
285
310
5 |_----do....--- 2-11-56____-- Noo oecee eee ee eee nee
3415____...
Sri
d/m/l
100
4.70.7
420.2
1.60.4
286245
3348
29-+8
:
5,000 |---|. eee |e -------| 1 440.2 [oe e eee
5,000 |_o ee .|--------t eee eee] 1940.2 |e
5, 000 Io neeefreenareneee w------.--| 1,040.2 |__-----.-.
2,000 |. 22 eee eee eee eee ef eee
308
***Rongelap natives.
an environment of continual intake and excretion rather than the results of body elimination
of previously deposited Sr®™.
B. Medical Surveillance
When the Rongelapese were returned to their
homeisland, it was planned to inaugurate a program of continuing medical inspections. The
Rongelapese would be examined once a month
by a Marshallese practitioner and complete medical examination performed once a year by an
American physician. Arrangements would be
made for urine collections and analyses every
three months for the first year and afterward
on a yearly basis unless the findings indicate
the necessity for more frequent analyses. A
radio would be provided on Rongelap for communication with the Trust Territories Office on
Ebeye (Kwajalein Atoll) where a plane would
be available at all times for any emergency.
A fully equipped dispensary would be provided
on Rongelap and an experienced health aide
(a Marshallese) would be present at all times.
Before their return, the Marshallese would be
given a complete medical examination, and
immunized against smallpox, typhoid and
tetanus.
C. Environmental Contamination
The degree of contamination on the home
islands of the Rongelapese was considered