™ complete the medical picture, urinalysis
Fy the internal deposition of radioactive aub-
‘eeeimthese people was appreciably below a hasard-
ous amount. This strongly indicates that for times inmediately following a detonation, the external radiatioa
is the dominant hasard.
Monitoring
The measures taken to improve fallout pre-
yi selg
dictions and the expanded program of warning and ef
“we
monitering in the Pacific will be described by others.
Ia addition to these, two surveys will be made for deo
tection ef any radioactivity in the fish and in the
ocean.
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One will be made in June relatively near §)
RBaiwetok Atoll and the second after the end of the @
im mere distant waters. Stiil a third project wil
lect water and marine life samples around the Palawtdsle
for similar analysis.
Also, the arousd-the-year nefinem
monitoring program at Eniwetok and Bikini ‘coeUO
coeatinue.
Ae in the past, there will be about 40 U. 3.
. Weather Bureau stations that will collect any falleut:
ea gummed papers.
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will aset be available until a few weeks after the fall-
wh;
mots
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These are then sent to the Atomic
Baergy
Coamission's Health and Safety Laboratery ia
Rew York City for count ing: Since
se data neruell]
out, there will be ia operation again 12 AEC installa.
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tiens that will take direct measurements of fallout on |
gee gound which will provide immediate information.
Geber data, such as eetivity in the air and/or in the
reins, will also be available om skert notice.
meer ing pest tests at the Nevada Test Site,
peeergy Commission and the U. 3. Public Health
cooperated in monitoring
around the site
we of about 200 miles.
is progres has
e
Seen
expanded to include about 30 Public
Health monitoring stations threughout the United States.
These lecations will make measurements sinilar to those
wade at the 12 Commissien locationa.
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Thus, there will be a tetal of 82 monitering
tienes in the United States during the test series.
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