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REMARKS:
Dear Bill:
The following trip report covers the activities of the, "environmental
survey team", which accompanied Dr. Knudsen's medical group on its quarterly
survey of the Northern Marshalls, September 17 through October 3, 1976,
Jan Naidu (BNL), Vic Nelson, and I rendezvoused in Honolulu on Sept:
ember 16 and proceeded to Kwajalein via MAC on September 17,
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after our arrival, rather than on Saturday, September 18.
Ted Murawski
aniticipated all of our needs, however; and we had no trouble accomodating
the change.
Vic Nelson was the lead man on environmental sample collections, while
Jan Naidu and I concentrated on the external radiation measurements, We did
"control" studies at Wormej and Wotje Islands, Wotje Atoll (September 19)
and at Ailuk and Bigen Islands, Ailuk Atoll (September 20). This information
should provide a good data base for comparison with environmental survey re-
sults from significantly contaminated atolls in the Northern Marshalls.
We were fortunate not to have been significantly affected by the, "political problems" which plagued the Medical Team at Utirik Atoll (September
21-23). Surveys were done at Utirik, Eorukku, and Aon Islands, and we feel
that sufficient data was obtained on the external radiation environment to
reliably assess the incremental exposure rate from residual Bravo fallout at
Utirik.
At Rongelap Atoll (September 24-29) surveys were conducted at Naen and
Kabelle Islands in the North, Eniaetok Islands on the eastern side, and of
course the village island, Rongelap, in the southern sector, The exposure
rates on Rongelap Island also appear to be sufficiently uniform that we can
determine reliable external gamma dose rates to the residents,
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