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--- ~ Radiatton Levels Kabelle Island
Joly 16, 1954 - mr/nr
Location
Height 3!
Height 1"
Low vatexr linea
9
15
High tide mark
20
70
50’ inshore from
high tide lire
29
100
100' inshore froa
high tide line
23
100
On Seaesvola brush
Under Messerschmidia
28
39
109
100
Lee edge of coco-
20
80
Middle of island
in dead brush
25
90
Open
clearing in
27
45
Middle of coconut
grove
20
60
en beach
nut grove
middle of island
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During the month of December 1954 three collections of
samples were made at Rongelap Atoll.
For the first trip on Decem-
ber 8, the U.S. Naval Station, Kwajalein, provided a PBM
(No. 2471) with a fine crew.
snd Rongelap Islands.
Landings were made at both Kabelle
Dr. Walter D. Claus, AEC Division of Biol-
ogy and Medicine, accompanied Edward Held, Paul Olson, Robert
Taylor and William Blakeman on this expedition.
Film strips were
placed at a number of locations by Claus, Teylor and Blakeman to
record radiation over an interval of time.
On December 18, the Navy again furnished a FPBM for the trip
to Rongelap to pick up the film strips and to collect additional
Ursin’
UNik.
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