Title: Radiological survey of plants, Washington Univ., Corporate Source: p 36 Publication Date: Nov 1975 animals, and soil in micronesia Seattle (USA) NVv0-0269-35 Report Number(s): Contract Number (DOE): EY-76-S-08-0269 Document Type: Report; Numerical data Language: English Journal Announcement: EDB7904 Availability: Dep. NTIS, PC A03/MF AOl. Subfile: ERA (Energy Research Abstracts); (Technical Information Center). INS . , (US Atomindex input); TIC Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: In 1974 the Laboratory of Radiation Ecology began a program to determine the radionuclides found in foods, plants, animals, and soils of the Central Pacific. As part of this program the present study was undertaken to determine radionuclides found in the common foods and soils in areas of Micronesia other than those areas receiving local fallout from the test sites at Bikini or Enewetak atolls. Areas sampled in 1975 were Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Truk and Ponape in the Caroline Islands, Guam in the Marianas Islands, and Koror and Babelthaup in the Palau Islands. All samples were analyzed for gamma-emitting radionuclides while some were also analyzed for /sup 90/Sr of /sup 239/ /sup 240/Pu. Results of the analyses indicate that naturally occurring /sup 40/K is the predominant radionuclide in the biological’ samples. Cesium-137 in amounts less than 1 pCi/g (dry) was the only fallout radionuclide detected in most of the biological samples. Soil samples usually contained /sup 90/Sr, /sup 137/Cs, /sup 238/U, and /sup 239/Pu, while soil from Truk, Palau, and Ponape also contained isotopes of radium and thorium. Soil from Guam also contained /sup 210/Pb and /sup 235/U in addition to the above radionuclides. Considering only the fallout radionuclides, the values for /sup 90/Sr, /sup 137/Cs, and /sup 239/ /sup 240/Pu in samples from Guam, Palau, Truk, Ponape, and Majuro are less than the values for these radionuclides in similar samples from atolls such as Utirik, Rongerik, and Ailinginae in the northern Marshall Islands, and are much less than values of these radionuclides in samples from Bikini and Rongelap atolls.; Major Descriptors: *BANANAS -- RADIOACTIVITY; *CESIUM 137 -- RADIATION 9004050 MONITORING; *CESIUM 137 -- RADIOACTIVITY; *COCONUTS -- RADIOACTIVITY; *FISHES -- RADIOACTIVITY; *FRUITS -- RADIOACTIVITY; *PAPAYAS -RADIOACTIVITY; *PLUTONIUM 239 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *PLUTONIUM 240 ~- RADIATION MONITORING; *POTASSIUM 40 -- RADIATION MONITORING; XPOTASSIUM 40 -- RADIOACTIVITY; *ROOTS -- RADIOACTIVITY; *STRONTIUM 90 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *STRONTIUM 90 ~-- RADIOACTIVITY; *CESIUM 137 -RADIATION MONITORING; *LEAD 210 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *PLUTONIUM 239 -~- RADIATION MONITORING; *PLUTONIUM 240 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *RADIUM 210 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *RADIUM 226 -- RADIATION” MONITORING; *SOILS -- RADIOACTIVITY; *STRONTIUM 90 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *THORIUM 228 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *THORIUM 232 -RADIATION MONITORING; *URANIUM 235 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *URANIUM 238 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *CESIUM 137 -- RADIATION MONITORING; x*COBALT 60 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *CRUSTACEANS ~-- RADIOACTIVITY; *PLUTONIUM 239 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *PLUTONIUM 240 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *POTASSIUM 40 -- RADIATION MONITORING; *xSTRONTIUM 90 -RADIATION MONITORING Descriptors: EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FALLOUT DEPOSITS; ISOLATED VALUES; MICRONESIA; Broader Terms: ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARTHROPODS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOCISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DATA; DATA FORMS; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FALLOUT; FOOD; FRUITS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; INVERTEBRATES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES;