1)
.
.
the dietary intake of
137
.
.
.
Cs was a major component contributing to the
committed effective dose equivalent for the years after the initial contamination of the atolls,
2)
.
.
:
65
:
for persons whose diet included fish,
Zn was a major component of
committed effective dose equivalent during the first years post return,
3)
a decline in the daily activity ingestion rate greater than that
.
.
.
.
resulting from radioactive decay of the source was estimated for
137
Cs,
65
Zn,
905, and 6060,
4)
the relative impact of each nuclide on the estimate of committed effec-
tive dose equivalent was dependent upon the time interval between initial contamination and rehabitation, and
5)
the internal committed effective dose equivalent exceeded the external
dose equivalent by a factor of 1.1 at Utirik and 1.5 at Rongelap during the
rehabitation period.
Few reliable
239
Pu measurements on human excreta were made.
of the tentative data leads
.
An analysis
to the conclusion that a reliable estimate of commit-
ted effective dose equivalent requires further research.