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concentration factor for plutonium in fish muscle is similar
at both atolls. Thus plutonium concentrations determined in
fish at one atoll can be used to predict levels at other
atolls.
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Gamma-Emitting Radionuclide Concentrations in the Reef Fish,
Mullet, from Enewetak and Bikini, We describe radionuclide
concentrations, other than the transuranics, in fish tissue
at the atolls. Bikini mullet have higher 137¢5 levels
associated with muscle tissue than average values found for
Enewetak fish. The mean ©9Co levels in muscle tissue of fish
from both atolls is similar, and the highest concentrations

are associated with reproductive organs.

In addition, *°7Bi

levels in Enewetak fish exceed those in comparable fish tissue
at Bikini, whereas levels of !92Rh above detection limits are
found in fish from the islands of Enidrik and !roij of the
Bikini Atoll.
Residence Time of, Radionuclides in the Groundwater of Enewetak
Atoll. Results are summarized on the rates of radionuclide
recharge and migration in the groundwater at islands of
Enewetak Atoll. The chemical characteristics of plutonium
remobilized to groundwater solution are different from those
of plutonium found in solution in the lagoon.
Radionuclides at Pacific Atolls - Concentrations in the

Sedimentary Components and Benthic Organisms at Enewetak and

Bikini.

We report on al! available radionuclide data for

sediment cores, surface sediments, and benthic organisms.

Much of the data presented in our report for the forthcoming
DOE publication Transuranic Elements in the Environment (see

Sec..

13) were derived from this document.

An_!tmproved Thiocyanate Anion-ExchangeProcedure for the
Separation of Americium from the Rare Earths. We describe a
pressurized separation procedure developed in 1977 that
requires less than 2 h to purify americium from 10 to 50 mg of
rare earths with an average recovery greater than 90%,
Assessment of Potential Dose to Populations from the
Transuranic Radionuclides at Enewetak Atoll. This is an

expanded report ofan assessment requested by DBER in 1977

and written with W. Robison and W. Phillips, describing the
expected transuranic doses to population from the various
pathways at the atolls. Data from our work on plutonium
concentrations in mullet at Bikini and Enewetak Atolls were
used to evaluate the potential dose via the marine foodchain.
As a result of a more detailed andcareful analysis, computed

plutonium doses from the marine food chain were revised to well
below the levels established during the 1972 radiologica}
survey.

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