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CHAPTER V
VIRAL SROART AMD CORCLUBIDSS
Sinee the dose rete by our oun neasurenants et the tine of cur

arrival was sc small as net te permit any tenshle esleulations on
this meis, the Japanese data wee used in all salowlations utilised

The Japanese date showed that their highest dese-rate

in arriving at cur esuclusions.
i.

reading ws only fifteen tines their background readings as reserded

It is

The relatively lew eumlative gam readings recorded on

duping the early part ef their vayage.
2.
the SATIMA dosineter de not necessarily indicate a true dose.

If accepted as real, it in-

entirely probable that radiation leakage ef the instriment scoomted
for a large pertion ef the recorded dese.

The

The rediatien deve retes em beth the TAKUTO and SATUMA at

dientes a total dose of 50 millireentgens betveen the dates duly 6-19.
3.

the tine ef moaitering were found te be substantially identienl.

decontamination measures earrieé eut en the TAKUYO were effective in

Japanese date maxinizses the vhele body guume dese inse-

reducing the radiation level to essentially bsekgrewsd.
4-

wmeh as the scintillation probe was held almost in ecatect with the

deck. Sinilarly eur radiation monitoring data is maxinised aince the
geiger probe vas alse belé in this sane position.
This assumes eontino-

§. The maximm radiation dese possible te TAKUYO perseanel
is calculated to be less than § nillireentgens.

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