moved because of a condition that existed at that time which no longer
exists, and what this table shows, is conditions that exist from 1978 on.
It does not relate to the one incident which occurred on March first in
1954.
Marshallese:
Does this mean that the rad oactivity at Utrik has decreased
at a rapider rate than it has at Mejit?
Robison:
Utrik.
Initially there was more activity, short-lived activity, on
And that exposed the people but went away very quickly.
But, the
radiation that is there now is going away at the same rate on both atolls.
Robison:
And, the radionuclide concentrations
at Mejit are less than at
Utrik and the doses we estimate for Mejit are less than Utrik, although
when you summarize the numbers they come out very close.
But everything we
measure and predict at Mejit is slightly less than at Utrik.
It is less at
Mejit than at Utrik.
Buck:
So these figures represent for the body those for the actual atoll?
(Background discussion. )
Robison:
But they are close, there’s not a big difference,
but Metij’s a
little bit less than Utrik.
Marshallese:
~:
This paper says 75 for Utrik and 100 for Mejit.
We are making a check.
(Robison:
annual ?
Well, which one are they looking at, the annual?
Is that what they are looking at?
The maximum
(Further background
discussion.))
Marshallese:
Was that a typographical error, should it have been, that be
175 for Utrik?
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