5.
The importance of coconut in the diet is reflected in the maximum
annual and integral doses which for Eneu are about two times those
of Rongelap.
6.
Thus, the uptake of 137CS in “Yap Variety”
coconuts on Rongelap must
be determined and compared with the uptake in young and old “old
variety” coconuts.
7.
An evaluation could then be made if consumption
of “Yap Variety”
coconuts on Rongelap could lead to higher doses that we estimated
the Northern Marsha-l
Prediction
wholebody
Islands Radiological
Survey.
of body burdens us ng the NMIRS data agree very well with the BNL
measurements.
This probably
is because most of the coconut con-_
sumption is still from “old variety” trees and our sampling during the NMIRS
was predominately
“old variety.”
However,
the issue of the increased use of
the “Yap Variety” coconut and the impact on doses could be raised and that
question must be answered.
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