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RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
Table 38—Beta and GammaActivity of Chickens From Rongelap (pc x 10°)
Hen #1
Hex #2
HEN #89
Hen BE
Hen #5
HEN #7
HEN #24
Dayof desth**_........--...-----
Day 23
Day 23
Day 74
Day 97
Day121
Day 138
Day159
Day analyzed**... 2-2-2.
Day 24
Day 24
Day 79
Day 107
Day 122
Day 140
Day 159
Tissue
Beta
Tibdig...-----.----2--- eee ee eee
Skeleton....-..--.------.--------Liver......
Giezard...--..-.
Girzard (content).....---....-.-Crop...-----.--------------- eee
Intestine (L) and contents...
Intestine (8) and contents.
Gamma| Beta
7600 8850
11030 &5800
119
21
8180
11900
352
Gamma| Beta
4610
66900
271
Gamma} Beta
133
695
1930
8600
12
72
41
17
0. 93
_
04
860
0.63
10.0
16
40
0.16
-
-
117
0. 57
0.2%
3. 87
Gamma} Beta
253
*3670
ue
7.0
20
3.0
3.0
_
-
215.5 6&8
3120
-°350
32
33
8.5
7.6
14
_
7.9
6.3
_
__
_-
1.0
9.0
40
20
19
Gamma! Beta
-
9.0
20
10
2
4.2
14
10.7
15.3
Gamma} Beta
Gamms
41.3 81.3
32
«81
600
#454
437)
9117.5
172.7
13.5
10.7
1.8
-10.3
7.9
3.6
860.6
7.8
12
o
0.3
122
03
45
G
140
10.7
&9
0.2%
84
6.4 fine.
_
0.75 0
-
-
=«10.0
4.8
3.7
«(7.6
1449
5.6
0.9
_
-
124
43
0.2
-
0. 26
0.72
16.8
_
**Day post detonation.
*Calculated using ratio of gammaactivity skeleton/tibia.
Table 39—Summary of Gross Beta and GammaActivity in Rongelap Island Animals (NRDL)*
RaDIOactivity*
BaMPLE
No. or
SaMPLES
AVERAGE
WEIGHT
Bera
(g}
(d/m/sample;
x10-4)
2,250
560
1,050
185
192
32
Gastrointestinal tract.......--.
Liver... ...---22--------- eee
Respiratory tract......-------
Total activity.....--..---..-|------------|-.------ ee
Rats... .---2-2-.. 2-2-2 eee
Skeleton.
4
Musele.... ..------.
Gastrointestinal tract
“cgi Sstamg #
eateetS BSz 6,
Liver. .......---------- eee
Respiratory tract..........---|-.----------
Gamma
(d/m/kg
x10)
(d/m/sample|
x10)
(d/m/kg
x10
eee eee eee fee ne eee ee [ne ee ee eee fon ee eee ene
52
6.1
0.8
2.4
0.2
60.5
93
49
4.3
12.5
8.7
|-----...2---.-
101
6.9
1.6
04
0.4
119.3
181
66
&7
49.0
17.4
|.-.-----.-----
62.0 |... enn nfo ee een fee ee eee fee eee eee eee
41
0. 73
179
0.15
35.5
5.4
39
0.15
0. 03
36
7.6
0.1
0.04
18
10.2
3.6
0.5
Q. 08
0.03
21.7
62.0
0.06
Q, 02
15.6
36.0
10
Total activity........--...--|-------- |e eee
0. 32
32.0
1.34 [.-2-2---- eee.
0. 27
0. 64
® As determined on basis of Us0« standards and empirical scattering and absorption correction.
*Date of collection: February 1056. Date of counting: Apr-May 1956.
7
|..-.-----2..--
~
0%
0.8
_