= 2 - sanote Feogepning froeedunes and Techniques = = 2 DO 4 ‘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.) * = aS Sos 8 a aSM orecete n= ome uc ashed at temperatures up to suore, edoled,, slurried, dried, and 4 y —_ At the University of.Washington, the dried samples were meterKinSeeaeonas SigttiggonaeEh myeRea ratory. 7 Mesues.were dissected, weighed and dried at the Eniwetok labe~ { vd For the summary tables as: usedin this report, the radio© aativity expressed indisintegrations™“per minute per eran (4/a/e) a it I rpetinewned weg aes sein dial ibasitcgm dak EEE 1 vas converted to mierccuries pewiclLogran by | : ooo ” Taito) Radioactivity and iteRate of Declinein Pood Itene ~ : 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 ~ A Lauren R, Donaldson, Applied Fisheries Laboratory, ,Un University of Washington, Sé@attlé, Washington, November 1952. = _** Therate ‘of decline in.a phrase colned to, express the eombined phyaieaddecayant tha’biological uptake gndcecay:rates. - rat Pe eeRET olaateeatiiieen!