15
GROSS ACTIVITY
Table 12—Summary of Gross Beta and GammaActivity in Birds and Eggs *
ISLAND
BaMPLe
No. oy
SaMrLes
RadDIOacrrviry *
AVERAGE
WRIGHT
(g)
Beta
(d/m/sampleX10-+) (d/m/keXi0-)
Gamma
(d/m/sampleX10-) (d/m/kg X10-
Rongelap Atoll:
Rongelap.._.......-- Tern:
Gejen......---.......
Egg shell....----..-..Egg, soft tissue_...-.--
Kabelle._...-.. 2.2...
Egg shell...._-...-..--)
Aflingtnae Atoll:
Bifo....- 2.2. e eee
Rongerik Atoll:
Eniwetak............
1
6
1
33
1
92
1
101
1
14.
1 f.---2---.ee
1
145
1
16.9
1
0.8
2
2
6.3
22.8
7
116
7
11.7
7 |-----------7
0.33
1
6
1
3
2
2
02
19.7
2
=]
Z ---- eee
NDA
0. 26
0.93
@. 38
NDA
NDA
Li
0.1
0.07
o
7.9
10.1
3.8
0
0
7.8
59
7
0.16
6.7
NDA
427792—87—_~-4
0.13
0.3
10.3
3.3
3.5
0. 25
0.14
0
12
7.7
30
6
1.3
0. 38
0. 057
0.08
NDA
NDA
0. 26
3.3
49
_
0
0
7.9
1.7
0.43
0.14
NDA
0, 06
Ou
14,7
38.7
_
0
10
3.3
1.0
21.0
0.9
8
NDA
6. 05
0
—_—
NDA
0. 00
0
_
0.04
* As determined on basis of Us01 standards and empirical scattering and absorption corrections.
“Counted in April-May 1956.
0
0. 62
0.11
0.32
0. 025
0.019
NDA
17
0.13
0. 027
2.3
0. 03
1d