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Table 27
Marshall Islands Radiochemical Urine Analysis, 1965
Subject No.*
Age
Sex
Volume, ml
g Ca.liter
pCi “Sr, liter
nCi ‘Cs, liter
Rongelap Island
ee
-e
Pool
Pool
8
15
M
F
3130
6080
0.088
0.058
3.6
9.6
3.5
2.1
Mean
5605
0.073
6.6
2.8
8.1
3.2
5.0
6.2
31
13
18
36
F
F
730
730
0.018
0.008
0.126
28.0
23.0
53
58
19
70
F
630
0.100
10.0
4.4
59
45
F
645
0.043
3.1
1.2
20
18
M
500
0.096
16.0
6.0
11
27
+0
41
30
73
835
8453
61
37
40
55
45
29
31
F
F
M.
M
M
M
M
MD
F
289
710
0.104
940
0.010
7.9
1.0
1320
360
890
1800
650
350
0.103
0.192
0.084
0.062
0.243
0.041
5.8
11.0
6.2
3.6
12.0
3.5
3.3
3.4
2.1
5.1
4.7
2.2
0.6
19.0
5.2
928
932
942
822
833
840
853
52
30
50
18
32
35
60
36
F
F
F
F
M
M
M
M
1040
350
540
835
1000
800
1750
1340
0.087
0.078
0.134
0.238
0.003
0.143
0.037
0.032
7.6
24.0
28.0
4.5
10.8
6.4
4.4
6.5
9.7
18.0
4.5
5.1
6.0
2.0
L.5
855
60
M
300
0.152
23.0
3.6
Mean
831
0.093
10.1
6.3
EbeyeIsland
12
45
84
895
920
29
43
10
35
33
F
F
M
F
M
980
600
719
860
900
0.057
0.081
0.137
0.194
0.075
2.8
2.1
4.6
3.3
1.2
0.7
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
Mean
812
0.109
2.8
0.3
*Subjects with numbers < 84 are members of the exposed population; those with numbers >84, of the unexposed
population.
Results and Discussion of Body Burden Estimation
Figure 69 shows some representative wholebody gamma-ray spectrographsobtained in the
1965 survey. The AEC team is seen to have a
spectrum not markedly different from the background spectrum except for the natural *°K peak
agemnie
i erm
et
and a trace of '*'Cs, whereas the Rongelapese
have significantly higher '*‘Cs peaks. Analvsis of
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the curves indicates that the °°Co valuesare also
detectable in many of the Rongelapese. As had
been anticipated on the basis ofits relatively short
physical half-time, the °°Zn seen in previous surveys had disappeared by 1965.
Table 26 summarizes the whole-body counting
results, and the individual values are presented in
Appendix 17. Theresults of the urine radiochemcal analyses are displaved in Table 27. Inspection