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field trip in the “a sieis fe aru
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The purpose of
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interview those peo, ie iiving cn fen
8 ends at the time of
the detonation »° t'2® thermonuclear «- .°
Fik.ni Atoll on
March 1,
1954
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of those people
res tec
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of the explosicn
aw
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in exp.
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person
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ongelap re eived an
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fout
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vr
radiation
winds at the time
estimated 175 rads
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of the sk.n, at aud 6
received an estimated
on Utirik rece- ve. an
whi le-bouwy sat t
ind »evere contamination
onal i” Rome..
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ractatiorn; and 157 people
oes imaced .
oreo}
who e-bod, radiation.
Twenty-three Japanese
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also rece:ved -igni
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reported
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the
Boy
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different atol..
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¢
on Majurc and ‘bev
The tiur sess.
mately 300 peodie
netucing exporec
exposed persons a'd numerci.s perso
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