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Dose for the three populations was as follows: For
Enewetak, the dose was 22{+-}4 {mu}Sv. For Wtirik, the
dose was
33{+-}
3
{mu}Sv.
Since 1985 the Rongelap people
have been self-exiled to Mejatto. Biological elimination
should have reduced their dose to virtually zero, and
the measured dose was 2{+-}2
{mu}Sv.
If they had
remained on Rongelap Island, the calculated dose would
have been 99 {mu}Sv, which is about one-third of the
background dose. 7 refs., 1 tab. (MHB)
HUMAN POPULATIONS/radionuclide kinetics ;MARSHALL
ISLANDS/;WHOLE-BODY COUNTING/data acquisition systems ;
BODY BURDEN/age dependence ;BODY BURDEN/sex dependence ;
KEYWORDS
CESIUM 137; STATISTICS; BIOASSAY; CALIBRATION; COBALT 60;
PHANTOMS; RADIATION DOSES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE;
BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE; CONTAMINATION; CHRONIC EXPOSURE
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ABSTRACT
DOE/SF/11634--T1
A guidebook to alternative energy projects on American
Samoa, The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
The Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, and The
Republics of the Marshall Islands and Palau
Case,
C.W.
Golden Gate Energy Center, Sausalito, CA (United
States); Xavier High School, Moen, Truk (Micronesia)
870500
UNL
The purpose of this guidebook is to help transfer
information concerning alternative energy projects that
have been tried on the Pacific islands affiliated with
the US. These islands include those in American Samoa,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia (Kosrae, Pohnpei, Truk,
and Yap), Guam, and the Republics of the Marshall
Islands and Palau. Distances are long between islands
and populations are sparse, making communication and the
transfer of information particularly difficult. A
project that works on American Samoa might be
appropriate for Yap, but to get this information to the
proper people on Yap in a reasonable period of time is
extremely difficult. This book describes 100 alternative
energy projects that have been tried on the islands
since the mid-1970’s. This description and secord of
what has been done to date should be a source of ideas
for energy workers, reduce duplication of work, and help
encourage successes by describing other successes and
failures. Alternative energy projects are projects that
use indigenous, renewable resources in order to reduce
local dependency on imported petroleum for electricity
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