Draft-For Discussion Purposes Only
BECK: jgg
7/29/73
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Preliminary Estimates for Dose to Eniwetok Population
from External Exposure
1.
Table I gives the age and sex breakdown of the 432 people expected
to return to Eniwetok based on Tobin’ s census.
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2.
Table II gives suggested models for living patterns based on Tobin's
report and the announceddesires of the Eniwetok people to utilize
the entire atoll.
Case Tb differs from case Ia in that more time
is allotted to temporarilyresiding on islands other than Engebi
(JANET) while less time is spent in the Engebi village area.
Case
Ib probably represents an upper ‘limit exposure with regards to any
large group of people.
Case IV is typical of the least exposed
population.
3.
Table III gives the dose rates used for the present calculation.
‘These are based on the TLD data (LiF, primarily) using the E.G. and G.¥
data mainly_as an indication ofwhether the TLDdata are representative:
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for,larger. areas. While the exposure rates on all ‘the northern islands
have a wide range, the values given in Table III are thoughtto be
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consistent with our evaluation of the
validity of the various dose rate measurements made.
They do not
represent the highest exposures found in each of the locales.
In
fact, many of the northern islands interiors had exposure rates in
some places of several hundred yR/h.
Considering the wide range
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