However, it is believed that any individual will not exceed a
daily intake, averaged over a year, greater than two times
the estimated average daily intake.
(See Enclosure 1.)
FEDERAL STANDARDS
To comply with Federal Radiation Standards, certain conditions
must be met.
First, the average dose to the population should
not exceed 170 mRem/Yr.
Second, when the dose to individuals
is known, the standard is 500 mRem/Yr.
To comply with this
requirement for Bikini Island residents the monitoring program
to measure the dose
to individuals was
begun five years
ago.
Third, the dose to bone marrow of individuals should not exceed
500 mRem/Yr.
Because of the way certain radionuclides are
deposited in the body, bone marrow doses are expected to be
higher than whole body doses.
Thus, the bone marrow standard
for individuals will probably be controlling at Bikini Atoll.
Fourth, the average whole body dose over 30 years to the pop-
ulation should not exceed 5,000 mRem.
CALCULATED DOSE
The calculation doses shown below are for two living patterns
and for two assumed diets.
The diets are based on the recent
experience and observations of the scientific teams who have
been working on Bikini Atoll.
Calculated Maximum Annual Dose
A.
People live 100% of the time on Eneu Island
With Food
Imports
Without Food Imports
Whole Body
120 mRem/Yr.
210 mRem/Yr.
Bone Marrow
140 mRem/Yr.
260 mRem/Yr.
B.
People live 80% of the time on Eneu Island and visit
Bikini Island 20% of the time, but assumes no food
from Bikini
Island is eaten.
With Food
Imports
Without Food
Imports
Whole Body
170 mRem/Yr.
260 mRem/Yr.
Bone Marrow
190 mRem/Yr.
300 mRem/Yr.