21

01~ +-he 1969

Altholugh none
the X–ray
trations
lected
cular

63

emitter

Ni,

this

or 1970

radionucliile

of 80 d/in/g dry weight
in 1967

(Beasley

interest

the clam

In addition,

and is therefore
Another

of approximately
among

This

rad.ionuclide

has

radionuclides
was

of the ‘nepa’cop.]ncreas of spiny
(Fig. 4).
trator

Tne

spiny

of silver

another

lobster

isotopes

potentially

a half–life

of 92 years.

from

Ni.

1970) .

spectrum

in 1969

is a known

1963) .

63

first ‘

and Held,

collected

t

a half-life

the gamma-ray

hepctopancreas

60C0

of

for the

(Beasley

lobsters

(Seymour,

as it does

Ni,

identified

detected

col–

is of parti-

63

at Bikini

first

sediment

10.!3m
Ag, with

been

in concen–

for the presence

radionuclide,

125 years,

time

organism

for

Nickel–63

1969).
it has

analyzed

found

Crater

accumulated

an indicator

long-lived

the

since

kidney

was

in Bravo

and Held,

as a tracer

s:’mples were

Thus ,

108m

with

concen–
Ag is

useful

long–lived

tracer,

its indicator

water

is present

at low concentrations;

organism.
Tritiurn in well
maximumL value

found

at Nani 1., whereas
was

2 pCi/ml,

taken
Bikini

in 1970

in 1969 was
at Bikini

T. U.

and Eneu

or 4300

Islands

600 T. L“. (Table

irom well-points

4 and

These

and cistern

values

5 and

fall within

15) .

from the

at Eneu

tritium

units,

the concentration

or approximately

and from the well

than 400

14 pCi/ml,

the

Samples
cistern

all contained

the range

at
less

of tritium

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