Analysis of the gamma time-intensity recorder trace located at How gave
the best evidence of the rate of arrival of fallout.
Use of the differentinl fallout collector and the time-intensity
recorder for determining the period of fallout was restricted to the

lagoon and islands of Bikini Atoll thereby limiting the distance to 15
nauticel miles. The average arrivel time within the area was 0 ¢ 28 nin

with cessation averaging O + 117 min resulting in an average period of
89 min. These data compare well with that observed at I Uwher- the
period was somewhat less than 2 hr. Residual fallout which war of such

quantity thet it contributed little to the overall field was found to
deposit for a period of soveral hours after the deposition of the main
bedy of material.
The Bikini £toll islands along the axis of the fallout pattern
experienced fallcut over a longer period of time than did those islands
lecated in a crosswise direction.
5.6.2

Shot

No evidence was found of primary fallout at early times in the
Bikini Legoon. Secondary fallout of maximum intensity of 40 mr/hr
arrived at How Island 37.5 hr after Sh.s 2, as shown by the gamma timeintensity recorder.

5.6.3

Shot3
No differertial fallout collectors were operative for Shot 3.

The gamma time-intensity recorder at How Island indicated a time of
arrival of 0 + 38 min. Project 2.2 established an arrival time on Dog

Island of aporoximately 0 ¢ 20 min.2/
5.6.4

Shot 6

Eniwetok

One differential fallout collector located at Alice Islam,
Atoll, received significant fallout and indicated an arrival

time of O + 35 min with the period of fallout being 65 min (Fig. C-18).
5.7

RATE OF ARRIVAL OF FALLOUT AND INTEGRATED DOSE
Of the two gamma icnization time-intensity recorders installed

on Yoke and How Islands of Bikini Atoll, only the one on How survived
end recorded data from Shots 1, 2, and 3. These deta give accurate
information cn rate of arrival of fallout “s well as time of arrival.
5.7.1

Rate of Arrival

Table 5.7 presents the time of arrival of fallout end time of
peak activity ‘or Shots 1, 2, and 3. The time at which the activity

peak- is not the time of cessation of fallout.

It is bert described as

the time at which the rate of decay is greater than the rate of buildup of fallout.
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