Appendix Table 25
Predominant Radionuclides in Plants Collected on Bikini Island in April 1975.
Radionuclide concentration in pCi/q, dry®
Sample
Collection
Type
Coconut, frond
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
" (tree #1)
"
“ (tree #2)
Coconut, frond
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Breadfruit, leaves
"
"
"
"
"
"
Pandanus
"
a.
Wet/Dry
Ratio
404
1376.
995,
23952405,
Pit A
" B
"oe
"OE
"OF
"OF
" 6G
"HH
"YT
" K
"OL
" oM
"ON
2.60
3.26
2.08
2.83
2.37
2.62
2.59
3.39
2.66
2.78
3.00
2.52
2.33
ns?
8.9+5.2
4.7+1.6
3.3+1.6
ns
ns
ns
ns
5.8+3.2
ns
ns
1.5+1.4
3.0+2.0
105+1.0
182+2.1
60+0.5
7640.5
108+1.0
69+0.6
16141.3
649+7.0
1141.1
318+3.4
159+1.6
5810.4
101+0.7
11 +0.8
18 +0.8
13 +0.3
7.5+0.4
13. +0.5
22 +0.6
12 +0.4
28 +0.7
8.7+0.4
5,240.3
13 +0.4
5240.3
8.7+0.5
0.038+0.002
0.47 +0.10
0.05840.002
0.14 +0.02
0.96 +0.10
0.63 +0.08
0.12 +0.01
0.018+0.001
0.26 +0.03
0.048+0.003
0.10 +0.002
0.022
0.049+0.009
Pit #11
2.85
59+0.8
12
+0.5
0.15 +0.02
3720.3
29+0.3
95+0.7
251
290
297
+5
+6
+50
0.043+0.002
0.11 +9 .02
na
387+3.5
574+6.7
69
207
+1.
+34
0.20 +0.02
na
Site
"
"
"
¢
5.68
D
I
9
4.67
3.98
4.79
C
H
2.85
4.19
10
ns
+2.9
6.2+1.3
5.74+1.4
13 +2.2
ns
ns
6340.8
0.17 +£0.01
The error values for all radionuclide listed except 90Sr and Pu are two-sigma, propagated, counting errors for
a single sample. The error value for OSr and Pu is the two-sigma counting error for a single sample plus an
analytical error.
not significant; the net sample count is less than the two-sigma, propagated, counting error.
not analyzed
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