post detcnztioa reveal the following differences.

In the croup collected

Qt one month the concentration of internally deposited Isaion vroducts vas
5 to 10 tires that of the fish collected at one year.

The residual activity

in the fis anplyzcd at & months post detonation averaged 2.5 pe beta
activity (co equivalent) ard the beta to gacma ratfo was 1:2.

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In the

current analyses, fish of cocpareble size hoi a beta activity of approximtely

Q.1 po end a beta to gama retio of 1:4.

The largest fraction of the gross

teta activity in fish collected at one ronth was contributed by material in
the viscera end liver,

Gmller but equal eccunts of activity vere found in

the muscle and skeleton in these fish.

In the fish collected at one year

post detonation, in contrast to the group collected earlier, about 50 per

cent of ths activity was incorporated into the skeleton with only about 10

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