Table 18
Rongelap Exposure Rates Based on Living Pattern Assumed for Bikini “3,%
Description
Infants
0-4 yrs
Fraction
of population
16%
Children
5-19 yrs
Men
20+ yrs
Women
20+ yrs
41%
22%
21%
Dose rate due to
Time spent within these areas
(eR/hr)
Inside Home
3.65
2.19
2.19
2.19
Within 10 m of
1.10
0.73
0.37
0.73
Elsewhere invik
lage
0.37
0.73
0,37
0.73
Beach
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
Interior Island
0,37
1.10
1.46
1.10
Lagoon
0.00
0.37
0.37
0.19
Other Islands
4.98
4.98
6.23
6.23
10.84
10.47
11.36
11.54
home
Total (4R/hr)
Cinel bkgd)
Table 19
Exposure Rates and Dose Predictions for Persons Living on
Rongelap Atoll Based on Assumed Bikini Living Pattern
Net Weighted
Age Group
Rate in uR/hr
May 1977
External Integral Dose in
10 yr.
30 yr.
Rem (Bkgd Subt)
50 yr.
Infants (0-4 yrs)
Children (5-19 yrs)
7.09
6.72
0.56
0.52
1.35
1,27
1.84
1.75
Women (20 yrst)
7.79
0.62
1.49
2.03
Men (20 yrs+)
7.61
0.60
- 20 =
1.44
1.97