Table 18
Rongelap Exposure Rates Based on Living Pattern Assumed for Bikini
Children
5-19 yrs
Infants
O-4 yrs
Description
41%
16%
Fraction
of population
°3,%
Men
20+ yrs
Women
20+ yrs
22%
21%
Dose rate due to
Time spent within these areas
(pR/hr)
2.19
2.19
0.73
0.37
0.73
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
10.47
11.36
11.54
Inside Home
3.65
Within 10 m of
1,10
Elsewhere invik
lage
home
Total (uR/hr)
(incl bkgd)
10.84
2.19
~
Table 19
Exposure Rates and Dose Predictions for Persons Living on
Rongelap Atoll Based on Assumed Bikini Living Pattern
Net Weighted
Age Group
Infants (0-4 yrs)
Children (5-19 yrs)
Men (20 yrst)
Women (20 yrs+)
Rate in wR/hr
May 1977
External Integral Dose in
10 yr.
7.09
6.72
7.61
7.79
0.56
0.52
0,60
0.62
- 20 -
.
30 yr.
1.35
1.27
1.44
1.49
Rem (Bkgd Subt)
50 yr.
1.84
1.75
1.97
2.03