28
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTE£
Table 30—Radiochemical Analysis of Biological Specimens from Rongelap Atoll (NRDL)—Con
Isuanvd, SAMPLE NO., sND SAMPLE
Wer
Weaar
TIssUE
(g)
Gejen Island:
1021, Snapper fish....-.-.------0--- Head......-.--eeo--.
Skin -....-...------
219
73
Ca (mg)
Beta
GawMa
ActrvirY! Actrvity \NucLIDE|
(
gam -| (
sarnPlex 10~)} plex 10-4)
8250
leona]
oka } 23:83
1.0
R.E.
| sre
NDA.....
0.68-40.48..
0
07
R.E.
NDA.....
0
11.8
173
3270
5.6
16.7
Muscle............--
611
190
5.4
16.8
sre
zn
R.E
Sr
Zn
R.E.
sr”
Zn®
R.E.
1.540.44__
1540.22...
3.6....-..0.22+0.35.
1600..--.2.
Me...
1.20.29...
1480.....-NDA.....
13.3....._.
1,740.92...
Viscera_....-..------
87 |.----- ee
61
15.9
QW_....-2.-2-.-- 6.
28
1.7
21
| Zn
R.E.
sre
1630, Grouper fish.........-.-......- Whole. --...-...--.-
160
2100
1.8
77.9
1620, Sand orab. ........-.--.-.--..- Soft tissue_..........
&
1090
Lg
2.3
90
13
1638, Spider snall..........-.--....--|--.-- do.....-.------.-
56
175
187
18
102
68
210...
AVERAGED
1
48.9
3/'
982
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
eth e *
Asitienbses ccna
Osu?
1
2
79.8
99
99.5
99.6
Rus
360. .......
19.2
sre
R.E.
| gre
5.28+0.47..
11900......
1,950.60.
R.E
1210...-.-.
~ye
Ru™
17.8
11
0. 08
0.4
0.2
83.9
0. 4
Sr
30.2
11.7
Date of collection: February 1956. Date of counting: April-May 1056.
ors >
Rare
$6.5
2
2
2
2 |---.------
venee
Total
Earths
&3
92.6
72.7
8&9
75.4
7.4
01
80
0.6
20
REtaTIVE CoMPositION (percent)
No. or
SaMPLEs
100
6230....-..
0.8.-....-4.724.050.
Table 31—Average Relative Composition of Nuclides in Plants, Soil, and
Water (NRDL)
Past
0.3
98
0.7
0.04
95
L8
0.2
33
0
Zn
R.E.
| gre
® Sunshine Unit =0.001 xc Sr/kg Ca. %&R.E.=Rare Earth Group.
*NDA#=No Detectable Activity.
Date of collection: February 1056. Date of counting: April-May 1956,
SOURCE
SuUnSHINE
Uniras
247 { Re
Bons..........------
1637, Spider snail..........--....-.--|----- do..-.-.-..-.----
PEecENT|
or
a6
1315
403
Nucupx
Activity
(dfm/sam- Totar
plex 10-2) Actrvrry
22
13.3
10.3
16.8
83.8
64.4
100
94.5
100
5.6
10.0
35.6 |-..-....
0
|--...--.
8.5 Jo... lee
Cs
65
} 24416
2146
634-88
0
}
0
3418
\ 196:25
3364-80
0.3
116
0.02 } 624331