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Table 14.

Some Radionuclides in Water Samples Collected with a Large~Volume

Filter-Sorption Bed from Bikini Atoll, May 19727
Radionuclide Concentration in pci/m3*
Collection
Location

Liters
Samp led

Fraction

““ Bravo Crater

6006

articulated

3785 51 +3

Particulate

3785

Bokdrolul Pass Particulate

4088

"

1.4+0.6

Bokdrolul Pass Particulate

4921

2.1+0.7

Bikini Island

Particulate

1620

Particulate

2271

Ocean between

Particulate

4898

Bikini and

Soluble

(Bottom)

Solublec

Bravo Crater
(Surface)

Soluble

(Ebb Tide)

Soluble

(Flood Tide)

Soluble

(Seaward Reef) Soluble

Bikini Island
(Lagoon)

Eniwetok®

. Soluble

"

“

"

"

28

Soluble

+8

6.5+1.4

<10

6.0+7.3

NS®

<6

NS

<1.0

NS

1.54+1.5

55.6+1.0

9,2+6.6
NS

97 +44

9.6¢1.3

NS

NS 1,840.9

2.5+ 1.7

NS

2.0+ 0.8

NS

0.76+0.38 1.1+1.1

NS

16 43.7

<2

5.4+1.1

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

.

NS

+60

<22

NS

NS

21 +1

70 +5

<30

3.0+ 0.5 <2.9

NS

NS

241,

0.5+ 0.3 8.2+1.4

6.4+1.2

NS

+11

<12

<2.3

NS

990

27 +2

160

<16

NS

+9

2073,

<20

7,741.0

NS

54

1555,

1,540.8

NS

6.2+5.4

1893 21 +3
"

12 +41

<14

NS

"

Bikini Island Particulate
(Freshwater
well)

"

13764

<?

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

34

NS

+0

a.

Errors are two-sigma, propagated, counting errors.

b.

Particulate ~ that portion retained by the 0.3y filter.

ce.

Soluble ~ that portion which passes through the 0.3» filter and is sorbed by

d.

NS = not significant.

e.

This sample was collected over a six-hour period between the following positions:

The net sample count is leas than the two-sigma, propagated

counting error.

11°29'5" by 164°58'O"E to 11°24'5"N by 164°18'0"E.
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