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JUN 27 1957
Gordon Dunning, AEC, DBM, Washington 25, D.C.
Ernest Wynkoop, Chief, Eniwetok Branch, Test Div., EPG
GAMMA RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAP AND ANEARTOK ISLANDS
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A radiological survey team consisting of Henry P. Schlacks, AEC,
Radiological Safety Assistant, Stan Curry, H&N Radiological Safety
Officer, and two H&N monitors, surveyed Rongelap Island and Aneaetok
Island on June 25, 1957. The survey team was flown to Rongelap
Atoll by a Navy UF-1.
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readings were made with MX-58 at a height of three feet above
ground. The survey team did not have time to completely survey
dense jungle areas of the island. All living areas, main roads,
the fringe of the jungle were covered.
Rongelap island had a high reading of .13 mr/hr, an average of .03
mr/hr, and a low of .01 mr/hr.
Aneaetok island had a high reading of .2 mr/hr, an average of .05
mr/hr, end a low of .01 mr/br.
On sheets numbered J/S-47-002-Ch and J/S-47-002-C6, the caption,
dirt road not surveyed, refers to an engineering survey.
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