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ANTHONY J. LANZA RESEARCH LABORATORIES AT UNIVERSITY VALLEY
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June
30,
1378
Dr. Robert Conard
Senior Scientist
Medical Research Center
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, New York
11973
Dear
Bob:
On Thursday, June 22,
1978,
radiation measurements on Mr.
Mr.
.
Mr.
Island and resided there for
I performed whole body
and
is a Health Aide on Bikini
four years after the period
of testing.
He was born on
‘
, is 62.8 cm tall
and weighs 56.6 kg.
Additional anthro
opomorphic measure-
ments for head,
Laboratory.
Mr.
chest and trunk are on file at our
. lives on Majuro Atoll approximately 400
miles south of Bikini,
and was born on
is 65.6 cm tall and weighs 79.3 kg.
AIlotherbody
-
He
measurements are likewise on file at our Laboratory.
Mr. _
by Mr.
and _
and Mr.
Oscar DeBrum, Mr.
were accompanied to our Laboratory
Bill Scott and Dr.
Jan Naidu.
The first measurement performed on Messrs.
ee
utilized a 20 x 10 cm NaI(T1) detector with the
subject in-the standard "chair" position.
In this
configuration it was possible to determine the whole body
content of Cs-137 and K-40 after suitable control subjects
(i.e., men of similar height and weight) had been. subtracted.
Results for these two nuclides for each of these individuals
is given below and in Figures 1-5.
Mr.
-
Mr.
,
©€s-137
1.7240.004
uCi
K-40
= 0.13+0.01
pCi
K-40:
= 0.1240.01 .uCi
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Cs-137 = 15.940.500 nei
*Error terms represent counting statistics only - 1 S.D.
**Values obtained by Dr. Stan Cohn for Cs-137 were 1.62 pCi for
Mr.
and 25.0 nCi for Mr.
.
These values are in
good agreement with the values measured at our Laboratory.
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