48
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TES’
Table 47—NRDL Marshall Island Resurvey—1956 Results of Analyses of Human Urine Perform
at HASL
HasL
No.
|
NRD
No.
SamMPLinG
LOCATION
3300. ..2...
3400. ...-.3401.-.-...
$402...-...
3403. -..-.404. - 2.2.
3405-_....3406. ......
3407. ...-.3408. 2.2.
3409-_...-.
3410. _.._..
S411. 2...
$412. _.....
2-11-56. -....
2-11-56.-....
2-11-56. ._...
2-11-56....-2-11-56....-.2-11-56..._-2-11-56. .....
2-11-56._.-..
2-11-56... -.2-11-56.._...]
2-11-56_22202]
2-11-56_....2-11-66. ..-.2-11-56... ..-
8414.22.22.
2-11-56_..-..
HIB...
TOTAL
COLLECTION
Date
NaMwE
2-11-56_..-..
SAIB. 1...
B4l7_ 22.
3418.22...
3430-21222.
3420. 2-2...
3421. 2222.
3422.22.
2-11-56. .....
2-11-86......)
2-20-56. __.-2-20-56......
2-20-66. _....
2-20-56. ....2-20-56.---.-
@
4
36
26
76
Majuro***..|
|..... do.......
|--..-d0.......
|...-- do.......
|..--. do....2..
**Carbonate precipitation.
C-DatE
TotaL
ACTIVITY
100
250
570
440
135
180
285
310
340
620
260
360
160
225
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
410
3-25-56
26
235
35
600
3-25-56
190
900
980
900
1,000
930
900
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
3-25-56
325-56
13
45
2/2222...
24
31
8
13
tl
Contro}._... 3-26-56...... Pooled sample coj- |...
lected at HASL.
wenee do.......| Jume 1056_...|----.do_._2--.2 222. eee fee eee
o--e- do.......] June 1956_...
ween do.......| June 1956_...
weeee do....---} Jume 1056....).-2..do_.--- 2. ee eel eee ee
{
* Direct plating.
VOLUME
Recervep
(al)
4
2
12
27
2
5
16
6
16
lel.
eee eee
3
8
1
2-11-66...
BALE. 2...
AGE
3-25-56
1,000 |-.....--..
§, 000
5,000
6,000
2,000
|... lee
|-..-2222.|-...-...-|... eee
ToTaL ACTIVITY
d/m/i
°
SEe
dm
Cs
az
\. 440.3
720
6. 821.4}
2540
5. Bak0. 3
1487
4.740.7
2862
Y2. cit. 2
3
1,640.4
2
os
-
1,440.2 |..-2-1.940.2 |.....1.00.2 |......
wow eceeeee
30
***Rongelup natives,
an environment of continual intake and excretion rather than the results of body elimination
of previously deposited Sr®.
B. Medical Surveillance
When the Rongelapese were returned to their
homeisland, it was planned to inaugurate a program of continuing medical inspections. The
Rongelapese would be examined once a month
by a Marshallese practitioner and complete medical examination performed once a year by an
American physician. Arrangements would be
made for urine collections and analyses every
three months for the first year and afterward
on a yearly basis unless the findings indicate
the necessity for more frequent analyses.
radio would be provided on Rongelap for co
munication with the Trust Territories Office
Ebeye (Kwajalein Atoll) where a plane wot
be available at all times for any emergen
A fully equipped dispensary would be provid
on Rongelap and an experienced health a:
(a Marshallese) would be present at all tim
Before their return, the Marshallese would
given a complete medical examination, a
immunized against smallpox, typhoid a
tetanus.
C. Environmental Contamination
The degree of contamination on the ho:
islands of the Rongelapese was consider