0.5 rem/yr for a member of the popu-
guidelines, and, again, are lower than
lation,
in the United States
The bone doses listed for
Enewetak Atoll in the Enewetak Radiological Survey Report! were converted
(see Table
34).
In final analysis it appears that
to bone marrow doses and included in
for living patterns with diets com-
Table 34 to allow comparison with
posed of locally grown products and
doses from Bikini Atoll.
residence on the larger islands at
The Federal guidelines for whole
Bikini Atoll, which are more suitable
body and bone marrow are listed in the
for residence (i.e., Bikini and Eneu
last column of Table 34 for comparison
Islands), no living pattern is pos-
with the predicted doses for each of
sible that leads to as low a dose as
the major living patterns at the two
is possible at Enewetak in the south-
atolls.
ern half of that atoll,
Doses predicted for Bikini
Preliminary
Island and Engebi IsIand exceed the
data® from the only other large island
guidelines, while the Eneu living pat-
at Bikini Atoll, i.e., Namu, indicate
tern is very marginal.
that predicted doses for this island
The use of the
southern half of Enewetak Atoll leads
are more similar to those predicted
to predicted doses below the federal
for Bikini Island,
Acknowledgment
The field portion of the June 1975
Crites (Lawrence Livermore Laboratory),
vadiological survey of Bikini and Eneu
Rod Eagle (Lawrence Livermore Labora-
Islands of Bikind Atoll was accom-
tory), Harley Erwicker (Trust Terri-
plished by a very intense and thorough
tory of
effort of 21 people representing six
Greenhouse (Brookhaven National Lab-
different organizations.
oratory), Paul Gudiksen (Lawrence
The number
the Pacific Islands),
Nat
of samples collected and the amount of
Livermore Laboratory), Gale Holladay
information obtained during the ten-
(Lawrence Livermore Laboratory),
day survey is a direct result of
Keller (Nevada Operations Office,
the
cooperation and diligent effort of the
following individuals:
Bob
ERDA) , Dennis McBreen (Trust Territory
.of the Pacific Islands), Tommy McCraw
Wayne Bliss
(Environmental Protection Agency, Las
(Division of Operational Safety,
Vegas, Nevada), Bruce Clegg (Lawrence
Ben Mendoza
Livermore Laboratory), Dave Coles
ratory), Vic Nelson (University of ©
(Lawrence Livermore Laboratory),
9009993
Washington),
Tom
ae
EDA),
(Lawrence Livermore Labo-
Vic Noshkin (Lawrence