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Suggested Citation:"SUPPLEMENTARY: MARSHALLESE TRANSLATION OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY." National Research Council. 1994. Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2352.
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PRECIS OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ILO KAJIN MAJOL**

Committee eo ikijien bobrae naninmij ko rej walok jen baijin in bomb ilo Majol ear ejak jen National Research Council eo nan uwake kajitok eo jen Department eo an Energy ilo U.S. nan lale im ekatak kake jonan joran ko ilo jet ian ene ko ilo Majol, elaptata kon Rongelap. Juon karok ak kwoon eo ear ejak ikotan Kien eo an America im Kien eo an Majol ilo 1992 eo far naetan MOU. Kwoon in ear kalikar jet kajitok ko ikijien an naj jeblak armij im jokwe ion Rongelap. Lemnak in ear ejak jen konan eo ikijien bar kejeblak armij nan ene ko far komakit er jeni ilo ien eo United States ear kokomelmel e kein tarinae ko rekajur jen 1940s nan 1950s. Rat kajitok bwe National Research Council eo en etali ekatak ko an scientist ro iumun tel im lolorjake eo jen U. S. Department eo an Energy nan lale elane ekatak kein remaron kwalok jonan kauatata, ne ewor, nan ro renaj bar rol nan Rongelap im mona wot jen kein ikkan ko ie, im bok jonan baijin nan enbwinier laplok jen 100 mrem iumin juon iio. MOU eo ej bar komeleleik woran in 17 pCi/g jonan baijen in transuranic eo ilo bwidrej (i.e., plutonium im americium), edik jen jonan eo scientist ro rej aikuij bar lomnok kake im, bwelen, bar kareo.

Jonan baijin eo ilo Rongelap itok wot jen kokomelmel ko an U.S. emoj an driklok jen ukok tak in mejatoto im mot lok im baijin iumin iio kein 40. Ilo tore in, baijin ko nan kajojo ro renaj jokwe ion Rongelap naj woran in strontium-90, cesium-137, plutonium-239, plutonium-240, im americium-241. Ibben kein elaplok jen 90% ej cesium-137, strontium-90 ej kwalok 2-5% in baijin ko, im transuranic-nuclides rej kwalok edrik lok jen 5% ilo aer antonelok.

Jeblak im jokwe ilo aelon ko ittu ean ilo Majol ej kwalok elon mokitkit ko rokael ri-scientist ro rej aikuij lomnok kake. Committee in ej tomak ke kate in clap ilo tore in nan kojeblak lok armij rein nan ijoko jikier ej juon ian kotebar ko rellap im Kien eo ej bok kunan ie im lale jeblak lok eo an elon armij to, ro far emakit jen wot kauatata ko ikijien radiation. Jerbal kein ikijien komanmanlok ene ko im kajeblak armij ro nan ijoko jikier e maron jipan armij ro ilo lol in ko jet elanne e bar walok jonan kauatata jen radiation tokelik. Armij in Rongelap far jeblak ilo 1957 im bar emakit ilo 1985, ilo aer tomak ke Rongelap ejjab juon jikin eo emon nan jokwe ie, im DOE ear jab kwalok tool eo kin jonan joran in baijin eo ilo ene ko im mejatoto eo, im jonan eo enaj jelet armij to. Ej juon men eo earuok nan jonwe jonan lap in radiation eo im joran eo emaron jelet armij in Rongelap im bareinwot kwalok aoleb lomnok ko ilo mol bwe ten jab pok ilo aer konono ikijien jabdewot mokitkit ilo aelon ko ittu ean tokelik.

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Committee in ear pikot juon kilin bwe in ukok Executive Summary in nan kajin Majol. Riutiej ro ilo RMI Embassy, Washington, D.C., rar jipanlok im pikot juon ri ukok. Botab, aoleb ri jipan far jerbal ilo mokaj; kin an oktak kajin Majol im kajin belle, im kin an ben elon wawen konono an ri-scientist ro, ebon lukun jejjet aoleb nan ko ilo ukok eo ilal.

Suggested Citation:"SUPPLEMENTARY: MARSHALLESE TRANSLATION OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY." National Research Council. 1994. Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2352.
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Kon maron eo an, DOE ear tel committee in bwe en etale lokan jerbal in ekatak ko an scientist ro nan lale jonan baijin eo ilo Rongelap ilo kakadruiklok, nan etale elane ekatak kein retobar jonan eo ej emon wot. Rar kajitok lok ibben committee in bwe en lukkun lale jet ian unin konono ko, ibben lok jonan eo rar etale jen International Commission ikkijien Radiological Protection (ICRP) nan lale jonan radiation eo bok iumin juon iio im lale ejimwa ke aer antonelok jonan radiation eo renaj bok ilo aer bar jeblak nan ene ko; kwalok jonan emon ak enana ilo wawen ko rej kojerbali nan jonwelok im antonelok baijin ilo anbwinien armij im ilo melan ko; tokjen mona ko kijier im woran eo rej anton jeni; oktak ko ikotan kein ikkan ko jen mona ko buktok jen ijoko jet, im oktakin ikkijien kora ke ak emman ke, iio eo am, ak ta ko eitok limoem kaki; kilen kadriklok am bok radiation jen am emenono ak kilen am mona; im juon men eo enaj to jetnakin nan ejmour.

Nan jibadbad lok eddo in ion, committee in ear wor an maron in kwalok jerbal ko an ri-jerbal ro an DOE rar ekatak kaki im jebole elon jikin ko im ta ko renaj walok jen joran in baijin ko rar ekatak kaki ilo Majol in. Ibben lok wot, ro uwan committee in rar lolok jikin jerbal ko an ri-jerbal ro an DOE nan lale wawen im kilen aer etale joran in baijin ko ilo Majol, rar bareinwot kajitok elon kajitok ko ibben ri-jerbal ro an DOE im ibben scientist ro rej etale wot jonan joran eo ilo Majol, im etal nan Majol bwe ren lukkun lo jonan joran eo im rej ekatak wot kaki ilo Bikini im Rongelap, bareinwot nan aer etale wawen bed ion Mejato im Ebeye, ijoko elon ian ri-Rongelap ro rej jukjuk im amnak ie rainin. Konono ko rar komman ilo National Academy of Science ilo Washington, D.C., im ilo Mejato ibben ri-tel ro jen Rongelap ro im rekonan jeblak nan Rongelap. Committee eo ear tibriki aolepen ekatak ko rar kommani jen juon ekatak eo rej naetan Nationwide Radiological Study im Rongelap Resettlement Project, iumin tel im lolorjake jan Dr. S. L. Simon, juon physicist in ejmour eo im kien eo an Majol ear kojerbale.

Committee in ear watwat e lok aoleb melele ko ikijien wawen jonwelok im antonelok paijin ilo aen ko tu ean ilo Majol im bareinwot jonan eo armij rein renaj bok, ilo aer jeblak nan Rongelap. Ilo elon wawen ko, committee in ear lori uwak ko ibben ri-etale ro, bareinwot kilen im wawen ko rar jab kalikari lok mokta ilo etale kein; ejjab juon iminene eo DOE akin karok bwe en kwalok aolepen lokan jerbal in etale ko an. Jen men eo rar ekatak jene, committee in enaj karok bwe tokalik Department eo an Energy enaj laplok an lale bwe lokan etale ko re kanuij in melele.

Kwoon eo ear komman ikotan Kien eo an America im Kien eo an Majol naetan MOU ear kobaik lok wot juon kotobar eo ein juon nan jone jonan eo elaptata juon armij e maron bok ilo anbwinien ikijien radiation. Jerbal in etale ko ikkijien radiation rar kalikari bwe in kwalok jonan yeolablab juon bwij in armij remaron bok; rejanin alikar ak ejak nan kwalok jonan eo elaptata im kajojo armij renaj bok jeni; ebareinwot lukkun ben nan jonwe kon jonan iet in armij rein nan jonan kajur in baijen kein. Ibben lok wot, armij rein rar maron kar komman mona jen ene ko jet elaplok radiation ko ie, im kajojo armij remaron kar mona jen mona ko elaplok an baijin in bed ie, einwot baru lep. Aoleb lemnak kein rekomman an ben nan antonelok jonan eo elaptatta juon wot armij eo enaj bok ilo juon melan eo. Committee in ear konan bwe MOU eo en kalikar elon lok kein kaminene ko nan bobrae radiation rej buki, botap ejelok an committee in maron nan komman oktak ilo MOU eo; aolepen antone kein raikuij wonmanlok wot jen karok eo tok jen MOU eo. Botap aolep jerbal in etale kein ikijien bobrae radiation rejjab jimwe nan armij ro renaj boki jen jonan lap in baijin eo, committee in ear

Suggested Citation:"SUPPLEMENTARY: MARSHALLESE TRANSLATION OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY." National Research Council. 1994. Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2352.
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kwalok wanjonak ko bwe ren maron wonmanlok wot im wor aer menin konono kake abnono in.

Jemlok ko

Committee in ear komman jemlok kein jen aolepen kakobaba ko rar lemnak kake. Aoleb melele ko reaorektatta rej bed ilal.

  1. Waren kojerbali karok ko jen ICRP ilo aelon in Majol. Rar kajitok lok ibben committee in bwe en kwalok lemnak eo an ikijien karok ko jen ICRP ilo jeblak im rol eo an armij ro nan Rongelap, im bareinwot ro jet ibelakin Majol. Konke karok ko jen ICRP rar jab kalikari ekkar nan mokitkit rot in, committee eo ear ejak ke ejjab maron lore karok ko jen ICRP. Bareinwot, nan ro renaj jeblak im bed ion Rongelap im ej kalikar jonan baijen eo elaptatta juon armij emaron boki ilo MOU eo, enin unin an kar committee in jab bar lemnak ke enaj jipanlok im tibdriki jonan eo emoj kajetjete. Botap, ekkar eo jen ICRP nan jonwe jonan baijin eo nan aolep armij rar jab komman ikijien ro renaj jeblak nan ene ko emoj aer joran jen baijin in bomb ko, ICRP ear kile bwinbwin in kakilen ko elajrak im kalikar ilo MOU eo einwot juon men eo eaurok nan kenan kake. Menin konono in ej komeleleik lok ilo jebta 7.

  2. Tibdrikin im jonak in melan ko. Lajrakin jonak ko ilo melan jen bwidrej, kein ikkan ko, dren im mona ko ion Rongelap elap an mulal im tiljok aer jerbale. Aoleb jerbal kein rar kajion im etale jonin lap in cesium eo ilo bwidrej, ma, waini, im bob ko im jonan transuranic eo ilo bwidrej, katak kein ikijien radiation re kijon walok ilo melan kein. Jerbal in kajimwe kein im rar komman jen scientist ro ilo Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, juon jikin etale an DOE, ear kalikar debdeb in melele ko nan antonelok jonan radiation eo naj bok jen mejatoto eo kab mona ko ilo aer naj rol im bed ilo ene ko.

  3. "Jikindrikdrik ko elap baijen ie." Jikindrikdrik ko remaron lukuun joran ilo ijoko rejanin kakileni ej juon an ri-Rongelap abnono. Ijowotke, jonen an lon jikin ko rar etale ilo aen eo, committee in ejjab tamak enaj wor jikindrikdrik ko elekun lab baijen ie. Bareinwot, konke enanin jonan wot juon radiation ilo ijoko rar etali jen LLNL, im kin wawen an baijen walok jen bomb eo, committee in ejjab lo unin an ekkol kon jonan labin radiation (plutonium, cesium, im baijen ko jet) ko remaron kwalok bwe en wor "jikindrikdrik ko elap baijen ie." (Committee in ear bok komelele in ''jikindrikdrik ko elap baijen ie" einwot juon jikin jonan kajurin radiation eo ej 10 alen laplok jen jikin ko jet emoj aer ekatak kake kio.)

  4. Jonak ko ilo mona ko. Melele ko bok jen elon jerbal in etale ko kon mona ko, rejjab jejjet ilo aer antonelok jonan eo ri-Rongelap ro re maron bok jen mona. Bedbed ion melele kein, ijoke committee in ear watwat e lok ke enanin aolepen ro rej mona jen kein ikkan ko, ak mona ko itok jen ni im waini, maronin laplok jen 100-mrem, ak kon lok jen jonan eo emoj aer kajejjet iumin juon iio eo emoj kelajrake ilo MOU eo. Tokjen aer jab lukun jela kake jonan armij kajojo renaj mona im, kin menin, jonan baijen ie, rej bar komeleleik ilo komelele ko ilal ilo 6 im 7.

Suggested Citation:"SUPPLEMENTARY: MARSHALLESE TRANSLATION OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY." National Research Council. 1994. Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2352.
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  1. Jonak im kakelkel ko ilo armij. Bwinbwin in juon enbwinin armij ko rej komman ilo Majol jen ri-jerbal ro an DOE ilo Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) ej kwalok jonan joran ko ilo enbwinier, bwe ten maron in erre ekkar nan karok eo ilo MOU eo, emenin aikuij bwe ten ekatak kake kajojo armij ilo aer naj jeblak im bwe en jab jemlok jerbal in etale ko nan er mae juon ien etto jen ran ke in. Melan im mejatoto eo ilo Rongelap, strontium-90, plutonium-239, im plutonium-240 rej kotmene ke enaj kwalok jidrikin wot jonan eo boke jen an to an enbwinnim ajorwawa nan baijin in. Jonan drik in baijen en, jejet in jonak jonan plutonium-239 im plutonium-240 jen dren in raut eben aer etali, ne remaron, kon kein komadmodi ko ilo ran kein. Un ko bwe en maron jejjet aer jonwe jonan plutonium eo ilo raut eikiuj bwe en wor konnan kake, komelele ko remonlok, im jerbal im watwat im jemlok ko rememele ilo aer jonwe jonan plutonium armij kajojo remaron buk jeni.

  2. Wawen antonelok jonan baijen ilo armij kajojo im ilo melan ko. Watwat im jonan eo rijerbal ro an DOE rar antonelok ekkar nan kwon eo weppen jen ro uwan ICRP. Jonan eo itulik in anbwinien juon armij rej antone ear jimwe im jejjet im lukkun melele. Antone ko kon jonan radiation eo ituloa—ro rar buki jen aer emenono, im oronlok, rar jab tobrak konke iio ko kajitok kaki rejako. Ejjab juon men eo elap ilo an jab bo-lel aolepen jerbal in etale kein, konke anton ko nan jonan eo juon ritto ej kani ej laplok jan anton ko ekkar nan ajiri ro kajojo. Ibben lok, jonan kein ri-scientist ro rejanin jela kake elap an driklok jen men ko rejanin kile ikkijien wawen an armij ro mona.

  3. Ekatak ko ri-scientist rejanin melele ikijien jejjet in jonelok im antonelok radiation. Ruo ian kilen ko emoj komalim nan antonelok dretan eo elaptata ilo an armij ejerwawa. Juon ej kojerbale probablistic eo ej kojerbal lemnak im ukoktak ko jen jidrikin radiological ko kojerbali ilo ekatak kein. Eo juon ej kojerbale scenario, eo ej kwalok kadkadin jet ian ro elap aer ejerwawa, einwot iio, armij rot (kora ak emman), ijo ej bed ie, im kilan an mona. Ekatak ko an LLNL rej kojerbale wot probablistic, botab reban lukkun jimwe im jejjet aer kamoli jerbal ko aer tokwot jen an iet jonan nan aer maron in antonelok jonan radionuclides ko ilo enbwinier. Ilo aer wonmantak kon scenario eo, committee in ear antone ke kajojo ro rej mona jen kein ikkan ko wot maron in bok jaonan in iumin juon iio 92-106 mrem/y, ekkar nan kilen an mona.

  4. Jipan ko re maron kokomanman ejmour nan armij ro renaj jeblak im jokwe ion Rongelap. Committee in ej tomak ke unleplep nan komanman lok mejatoto eo ej kojerbal kon ko jen potassium, reban jelet ejmour an ro ion Rongelap, ilo mol eo, kon an lon lok menin eddok ko im ewamourmour lok, emaron kokmanmanlok ejmour nan aolep armij ro. Potassium chloride ej juon koon eo ekka aer kojerbale ilo United States im ejjab kauatata nan ejmour ne ej jerbal ilo un in wot. Kein karuo, kareoik lok bwidrej eo ejoran jen ijoko armij re jokwe ie naj ejelok joran nan ejmour an armij. Committee in ear kile ke ilo aer naj jolok bwidrej in ilo ijoko rejoran itulon, ebareinwot juon men eo ejjab emon, ilo an naj kakure kaan ene ko im jan bok juon ien eo eaetok nan an bar kokal bwidrej.

Bedbed ion etale ko an committee in, Table T-1, eo ej tibdriki jonan radiation eo juon armij enaj buki jen an jeblak im jokwe ion Rongelap, kajur in radiation eo, im ia en paijen eo

Suggested Citation:"SUPPLEMENTARY: MARSHALLESE TRANSLATION OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY." National Research Council. 1994. Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2352.
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Table T-1. Komolele ko Kon Jonan An ri Rongelap Ejerwawa nan Radiation

 

Ajej ko nan Jonan eo Kwoj Bok

mSv/y

(mrem/y)

I.

JONAN RADIATION EBED IE KADREDRE

 

A. Ejerwawa jen ijoko itulik

 

0.22

(22)

 

 

B. Radionuclides ko ituloa

 

2.0

(200)

 

 

Subtotal

 

2.22

(222)

 

II.

RADIATION IKIJIEN AN KAR AJERER

Scenario A

Scenario C

 

A. Ejerwawa jen ijoko itulik

0.11

(11)

0.11

(11)

 

B. Radionuclides ko ituloa

 

 

 

 

 

1. men ko jej oranlok

0.17

(17)

0.95

(95)

 

2. men ko jej emeonon

0.0043

(0.43)

0.0043

(0.43)

 

Subtotal

0.29

(29)

1.06

(106)

 

TOTAL

2.51

(251)

3.28

(328)

ej walok jen ie. Ijin ej kwalok ajejin jonan baijin eo armij kajojo re maron bok jen ruo ian ekatak ko: mona ko kijed make koba mona ko jen ijoko jet (scenario A) jen Robinson et al. (1993), im mona ko kijed make ekkar nan Robison et al. (1993) botap tokwot jen jonan calorie ko kani ej kwalok ta eo committee in ej kotmene ke ej laplok an jejjet oon ko nan ejmour (jonan oon einwot Scenario A).

Recommendations

Bedbed ion ekatak ak etake eo an, committee eo ear komane jet karok ko im reikuij in lori.

  1. Kin wot jet melele ko rejanin lukun in alikar ilo wawen in elap an kabukbuk, Committee in ear bake jet ian armij ro rej jeblak im jokwe ion Rongelap remaron buk laplok jan 100-mrem radiation, jonan eo emoj karok ilo MOU. Melele in, armij ro renaj jeblak nan Rongelap im bok enanin aoleb men ko kijier jen mona ko im kein ikkan ko ilo ene ko remaron bok jonan, im ej laplok jen 100-mrem elane ejjelok jipan kin potassium chloride im ejjelok jipan kin mona.

  2. Elane armij in Rongelap ro renaj wonmanlok wot im lor wawen lajrak in jonan eo emoj jonwe ilo aer jeblak nan Rongelap, committee in emoj an kamelimi ruo wawen nan jiban

Suggested Citation:"SUPPLEMENTARY: MARSHALLESE TRANSLATION OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY." National Research Council. 1994. Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2352.
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ko im rej lajrak ilal.

  • Mokaj im kojerbal juon men eo rej naetan potassium chloride einwot kon nan kadrik lok baijin eo ilo mona ko etan cesium in ekka wot an walok ijoko ewor ni im bob ie.

  • Ne enaj dedelok jeblak eo, wawen kilen mona eo enaj jimetan in calories (oon) enaj itok jen mona ko ilikin im jimetan jen mona in aelon kein.

Jipan kein re maron bojrak elanne ilo iio ko tokelik ri-scientist ro rej jonelok baijen eo im ej driklok jan jonen rej antonelok kio.

  1. Nan kamol nan armij in Rongelap ke jonan ko ak karok ko an MOU eo rar koman einwot committee eo ear komelim kajojo ian armij ro im renaj jeblak renaj aikiuj im kakolkol im lale ne ewor radionuclides im bareinwot lale juon jambol im kobojak bwe ren maron lale jonan plutonium mokta jen aer jeblak im nan bar tok elik. Ilo kobaik lok, jinoin tarrin 80 armij (jen ba elane woran armij eo ej 400) renaj ajej kin armij rot (kora im emman) im jonan in iio ko aer innem kakolkol eman alen ilo iio otemjej.

  2. Committee in ear kabilok ilo jemlokin nan maron iion karok ko jen MOU eo, bwe aelon ko itueon ilo Rongelap im Rongerik bwe ren likiti emo (''off limit") ak armij en jab maron in ebbok mona jeni. "Off limit" eo emaron bojrok ne ilo an iio ko jinoin etale ko rej kwalok ke jonan radiation armij ro kajojo rej buki edik jan 100-mrem, jokron ne renaj kar ebbok mona jen ene ko itueon. Ekatak ko kommon ion Rongelap rar letok juon melele eo ejimwe nan antonelok jonan ko rej buki elane renaj jeblak nan Rongelap. Committee in ear kabilok ke juon kate eo ej wonmanlok wot nan kile ene ko ilo ailin in bwe ren maron in kojerbali im ebbok mona jeni ilo ran kane tok iman. Ekatak in ej aikuij bwe en tibrikrik melele ko kon jonan eo remaron boki ne emaron walok jet wot tokjen makitkit kein. Einwot juon jerbal in kate eikiuj in tiljok ilo an wor jet menin in kotobar ko ibben aikuij ko an armij ro ilo bukon ko im karok ko jen ro rejela ekkatak ko ilo mejatoto eo. Ibben lok wot, committee in ear kwalok ke ilo aer lale melan ko nan mona ko jemaron kani bwe en wonmanlok wot bwe ren maron jonwe jonan radiation eo ilo men en eddok im ilo mejatoto eo.

  3. Committee en ear kabilok ke eaikuij bwe en wor jikin dakto ak kakolkol ko nan etale wawen ajmour an armij ro rej jeblak. Kakbiloklok in ejjab ekajak lok ibben naninmij in radiation ak bwe en iion menin melele ko ne renaj wor inebata tokjen radiation.

  4. Committee in ear kabiloke bwe en bo-lel lok aer karoki kilen ekatak ko kon aoleb mokitkit ko ikijien jonwe jonan radiation ko ikotan BNL im LLNL ko im rar ejak lok mokta. Kilen ekkatak kein raikuij bwe ren komman (karok) ippen Scientific Management Team eo jen Nationwide Radiological Study eo an RMI.

Suggested Citation:"SUPPLEMENTARY: MARSHALLESE TRANSLATION OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY." National Research Council. 1994. Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2352.
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As a result of contamination by radionuclides released during nuclear weapons testing by the United States during the 1940s and 1950s, the residents of Rongelap Atoll were evacuated from the Marshall Islands.

This book provides an assessment of issues surrounding their resettlement and an evaluation of radiological conditions on certain Marshall Islands, particularly Rongelap Atoll.

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