Table 3.

Mean !37Cs and 9°Sr Concentration in Aerokoj Coconuts
(pCi/q wet weight)

Sample

137Cs

99Sr

Meat

2.6

0.009

Milk

3.0

SUGAR (LELE) AND TARE (ENEMAN)
For ail practical purposes these are one island, although marked
differences in background levels are seen between the east and west

ends (Figure 5).
Several nuclear detonations occurred on the west end of Eneman which

as a result is only about half its original size.
Soi] samples were taken at four locations on Eneman where measured
backgrounds were 60, 100, 250, and 500 uR/hr respectively.

Each

sample represented approximately one square foot to a depth of one to
two inches.

Three main contributors to the gamma exposure rate were

identified:

© Co, ?37Cs5, and !}°2mRh.

Although the !°2"Rh component of

the gamma spectrum probably contained some !9®Ru-Rh, the concentrations
were calculated assuming only !°2™Rh to be present.

A wide variation

in the relative amount of 137Cs was seen, but in general the amounts
varied inversely with the background exposure rates.

Figure 6 shows

the projected decay of the sample taken in the 500 uR/hr background area.

The relative amounts of each nuclide are indicated at TF (July 1969).
Figure 7 gives the projected exposure rate as a function of time.

Two

of the samples were also analyzed by radiochemical methods for alpha
emitting nuclides (Table 4).

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