Tabie 5
Total Body Equilibrium Dose Equivalent Rate
per Unit Body Burden
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650,
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3 x 102
1376,
2x 102
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equivalent rate for each dosimetrically s}gnificant internally deposited nuclide.
For the average Rongelap adult, the residence interval begins June |,
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Figure 15 illustrates the relative contribution to the composite dose
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6 months (Co8)b).
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The composite dose equivalent rate indicated that a bioad
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1957; however, many adults were reported to have resettled during the next 3 ta
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maximum of approximately several hundred millirem per year persisted far several
hundred days.
Most of the dose rate is attributable to the 1376, component Ce-
us
sium dominated over the entire post return period and would be of prime concern
for populations returning ¢o a contaminated environment years after a finsion
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type initiating event.
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Figure 16 illustrates two possibilities for the Utirik dose equivalent
rate resulting from the 6570 body burden history during the first three years
post-return.
The higher body burden resulted from use of the two measur: c:! 0504
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