Table 27
Marshall Islands Radiochemical Urine Analvsis, 1965
Subject No.*
Age
Sex
_
15
3h
53
g Ca/ liter
pCi *’Sr/liter
nCi '3"Cs, liter
Rongelap Island
Pool
Pool
8
Volume. ml
13
18
36
3430
6080
0.088
0.058
Mean
3605
0.073
6.6
2.8
F
730
0.018
0.008
0.126
8.1
3.2
28.0
5.0
Hh?
2su
F
F
730
289
3.6
9.6
3.5
2.1
58
70
F
F
650
0.100
10.0
4.4
59
It
45
61
F
M
645
940
0.043
0.010
3.1
1.0
1.2
2.1
835
3k
F
928
932
32
30
20
27
+0
41
50
73
843
942
822
833
840
853
855
19
M
F
18
37
40
55
45
29
36
50
18
32
35
60
60
M
M
M
M
M
M
710
0.104
7.9
3.4
500
1320
560
890
1800
650
0.096
0.103
0.192
0.084
0.062
0.243
16.0
5.8
11.0
6.2
3.6
12.0
6.0
5.1
4.7
2.2
0.6
19.0
350
0.041
3.5
5.2
F
F
1040
350
0.678
0.134
7.6
24.0
6.5
9.7
M
M
M
835
1000
800
0.003
0.143
0.037
4.5
10.8
6.4
M
300
F
F
M
Mean
1340
0.087
540
0.238
1750
0.032
831
5.3
28.0
4.4
15
18.0
4.5
5.1
6.0
2.0
0.152
23.0
3.6
0.093
10.1
6.3
Ebeye Island
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.
Resuits and Discussion of Body Burden Estimation
Figure 69 shows some representative wholebody gamma-ray spectrographsobtainedin the
1965 survey. The AEC team is seen to have a
spectrum not markedly different from the backgroundspectrum exceptfor the natural *°K peak
and a trace of '*’Cs, whereas the Rongelapese
have significantly higher ***Cs peaks. Analysis of
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 individualvalues are presented in
Appendix 17. Theresults of the urine radiochemi-
cal analyses are displayed in Table 27. Inspection