Table 2. Concentrations ot *Uk, 8UCo, 74sr, and +3’Cs in Food Plants Collected on Bikini Island in November 1971 and March 1972 Plant tyne Collection date Tissue Lettuce Papaya #1 Fruit March 1972 Fruit March 1972 23°33 (edible) Fruit (fibrous) November 1971 12 Seeds Pandanus Fruit " " Coconut #2 Coconut #3 1860+L0 320 160+ 1 72 NS 290= 1 69 NS 200+ 1 220 17 #2 0.13+0.12 March 1972 14 +4 NS 31 +3 November 1971 4,442.1 Milk November 1971 93+ 0.5 110+ 0.7 NS 100+ 1 +4 +25 NAc NA +3 +4 + 08 + 2.2 190 110+ 1 NS 70S r 360 We 0.4 NS NS NS 4.3+2.5 11 82 0.4 NS 1,671.3 3.91.9 November 1971 270+ 2 0,05+0.03 +2 3.4+1.5 140+ 1 NS 7,570.6 November 1971 November 1971 November 1971 Meat NS? oCife, dryv* 23'C3 March 1972 Meat Milk Meat " 7,146.1 November 1971 Leaves Coconut #1 " PUC5 March 1972 Papaya 72 " wUe Entire Seeds " ‘ +1.9 NA NA 0.88+ 0,04 < .22 147+ 1 NA Coconut #4 " Coconut #5 Meat Milk Meat November 1971 November 1971 November 1971 2,542.0 3,041.8 15 +6 NS NS NS 100+ 0.8 77+ 0.6 270+ 2 NA NA NA Coconut Fronds (old) Fronds (new) November 1971 November 1971 7.0+5.0 14 +5 NS NS 310+ 3 220+ 2 NA NA " * gee ref, + Milk Ll. The error terms errors for 40 for November 1971 60 K, 2.1+1.3 NS 33+ 0.3 NA 137 Co, and Cs are two-rsigma, propagated, counting errors. The Sr are one-sigma, propagated, counting errors. NS = not significant. The net sample count is less than the two-sigma, propagated, counting error. é NA = not analyzed. Table 3. Some Radionuclides in Water Samples Collected with a Large Volume Filter Sorption Bed from Bikini Atoll, May 1972* Collection location Bravo Crater (bottom) Bravo Crater (surface) Bokdrolul Pass (ebb tide) Bokdrolul Pass Liters Fraction Sampled Particulate* 3785 Solubled 3785 Particulate 3785 Soluble 3785 Particulate 4088 Soluble 4088 Particulate 4921 Bikini Island Particulate (flood tide) Soluble (seaward reef) Soluble Bikini Island (Lagoon) Ocean between Bikini and Enewet ak9 Bikini Island (freshwater * well) Particulate Soluble Particulate 4921 1620 1620 2271 2271 4898 Soluble 4898 Particulate Soluble 1893 1893 2 « . : Radionuclide concenrration in pci/m SUco Si +3 28 +8 6,5+1.4 <10 6.0+7.3 1,440.6 2,140.7 NS 1l3/cs 12) +1 <14 + NSS < 6 NS <1.0 NS NS 1,541.5 9,246.6 NS NS 21 54 +3 +9 NS NS 6.2+5.4 5.6+1.0 folky 97 4 €20 9.6+1.3 <16 6.4+1.2 <2.3 1.5+0.8 NS NS NS NS NS NS 7.74+1.0 +1 +60 2.5+ 1.7 NS NS 21 990 207 ny 27 +2 160 +11 0.5+ 0.3 <12 NS 3.04 0.5 NS NS NS 14 <2 +3.7 2.0+ 0.8 NS 0.76+ 0.38 NS NS NS <7 NS - ooh 70 +5 <30 8.2+1.4 <22 5.4+1.1 <2.9 : 1,8+0.9 NS NS NS L.1+l.1 NS NS NS NS 34 See ref. 11. Errors are two-sigma, propagated, counting errors. Particulate--that portion retained by the 0.3 u filter. Soluble--chat portion which passes through the 0.3 u filter and is sorbed by the Al 0, beds. ENS*-not significant. The net sample count is less than the twoesigma, propagated counting error. 8This sample was collected over a 6 hr period between the following positions: 11°29'5S" by 164°58'0" E to 11°24'5" N by 164018'0" E,