Tatie 22

Soli-mature 12a concentration lfacrors calcuiatea from associated”
and 'nonassociated” iata.
Tencentration factor.

“oCi, =

arv diant)

Associated

Nucilide
species

Sr, [oaevora

Nonassociated

Mo.
or

No.
or

samples

samples

fin

“sCi/z dry soil)

Max

Median

Min

Max

Median

-

2
”

5.24

0.41

0.33

4

9.048

4.3
,

1.8

coconut

7

9.099

0.38

0.16

15

0.041

0.74

0.29

“os, Scaevola

2

2.3

14

7.5

4

0.073.

“leg, coconut

S82

16

3.0

“390, coconut

=}

SiO

-40pn, coconut

4

)~—Ssi«O1—S—«i2L—Ssi.015—ia12~Ss*é‘i ZL

29.

a

”

705,

V4

a

“

ar

a

‘

250.53

7.7

1g

2.6

~=—S—i«<‘2z«COZD_—sd.0158-s22—S—«<0086——‘<‘ KSC
.

:

39

.

=SsiS

S08

:

Plant and soil data sampled from the same site.

Sprant and soil data sampled from different sites in the same general area.

soncentrations expected in the terres-

age Eneu-Bikini soil concentrations.

trial food products.

Since most of the animal diet consists

The results are

of vegeration and a certain amount of

listed in Table 23.

soil, this rarioing procedure should

During the June survey, a fully

zrown pig and two chickens that were

sredict reasonable concentrations for

born in and raised on Bikini Island

domestic animals raised on Eneu.

were obtained for analysis.

The pig

Although coconut crabs were not

and chickens roamed freely around the

collected during the June 1975 survey,

island, so the radionuclide concentra-

they were collected during previous

tions in these animals reflect their

visits to the islands.

integrated diet.

listed for coconut crab in Table 23

Ingestion via the

were determined from data from collec-

meat pathway can be estimated by the
analysis of these samples.

The values

The esti-

tions in 1969, 1972, and 1974, 9*3t+32

Concentrations in food products after

mates of the radionuclide concentra-

tion expected in meat on Eneu were

June 1975 are calculated assuming that

determined by multiplving the concen-

the only loss of radionuclides from

trations in the meat samples from

the environment is the result of the

3ikini Island by the ratio of the aver-

Dhysical decay of each radionuclide.

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