Tureia atoll

It seems likely that some atolls of the Tuamotu Archipelago may have been settled for more than 1000 years. However, habitation of the atolls of Polynesian archipelagos has been discontinuous and populations are generally sparse. Around 8000 people at present live within 1000 km of Mururoa Atoll. Tureia Atoll, 130 km distant, is the closest inhabited land, with a population of around 120 living a semi-subsistence lifestyle that is, depending of fish and seafood gathered from the ocean and the atoll s lagoon, produce harvested from a small area of cultivated land and some imported food. 

The terrestrial sampling and surveillance campaign was focused on Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls but at the time of the atmospheric nuclear testing, there was also some deposition of radionuclides on neighbouring islands, most notably at Tureia Atoll. Levels of activity were therefore measured at Tureia Atoll in order to calculate present dose rates for the inhabitants. 

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