wn od
Toe moulteor ing or. stam snou’d Le j:ased at Priwetok and
Bampies
co
Liected dusting
tim
lperutsong at
tret
testing site.
A samplirg location for acnitoring carn ce dscided upon after
the sites and orders of magnitude of the testa are nade mow.
“c the Applie. Pishneries Laboratory personnel.
Pre-test samples of the diclogical materials and physica] measurements tc de used in monitowing-anould be cbtained
OeaeS
Riis0 he cabbhacathnciln.. woe tnetipllite ... 4am a #
before the testa stirt.
Sudsequent samples for the entire
arries should be taken at mortnly intervals to measure the rates
of uptake and decline of activit;.
The er.tire program should
be ocmmpletead itn about etx morths.
Bio-monitoring at Bikini and other sites would be canSidered “crash progrems am@ activated only if s specific need
existed and a definite
2}.
Pps
were nade.
Mo-mont tory
Pest experience nae “ imeted =hat variation in the amounts
of radioactive subs taneg
t in ..0 tisswee of fish is so
great tnat fairly numes¢
ee (*® to 100) snowd be taken
for a reliable average.
,
the amounts of radicectivi ty
preser* in cach of the tigewee sampled (muscle, done, okin, liver
and viscera) tend to pear the same relation or ratio te
ether on a per-sram-wet-seige basis, so that eetinaates rd
sg
)
amount preaent in tissues not assayed may be made from the tis-
@ues sesavyei.
Tt te sug ested,
the mort crina protect a
toate
“he eforre,
tw
tn
udder *o speed up
TolLlwing methods de adopted,
s