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‘tha techniques and procedures used in’‘collecting, etoring,
preparing, and counting the Rongelap samplés.were ‘sinilar to
these weedin former years.
For complete details gee WT-616
(F338) ° The. specimens were put on ice while in the field,
then. counted in an internal gas-flow countingotamber.
Counts
«per plate were converted to disintegrations per minute per gram
of wet tissue as of the date of gollection by correcting.for
: sample weight, geometry, packseatter,‘self-absorption, coined-
gdence, and decay.)
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ashed at temperatures up to suore, edoled,, slurried, dried, and
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At the University of.Washington, the dried samples were
meterKinSeeaeonas SigttiggonaeEh myeRea
ratory.
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Mesues.were dissected, weighed and dried at the Eniwetok labe~
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For the summary tables as: usedin this report, the radio© aativity expressed indisintegrations™“per minute per eran (4/a/e)
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Radioactivity and iteRate of Declinein Pood Itene ~
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A zenefial survey of the radioactivityof foods: is eiven in
| Table I, with the rateof decline’” of theseitems:‘shownin_‘Figure
2.
It should be noted: that the citterences due ‘to species and.
2 BE¥REATOUTSIOSTaT SEUSS at Eniwetok Before and Arter Hike. Shot ~
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University of
Washington, Sé@attlé, Washington, November 1952.
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phyaieaddecayant tha’biological uptake gndcecay:rates. -
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