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

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