Appendix Table 5
1975
Predominant Radionuclides in Plants Collected on Bigej Island, Kwajalein Atoll, April

Sample Type
Pandanus, edible fruit

40,

W376,

905»

5.94

8.9+0.6

1.0 +0.04

0.17

7,440.6

0.55+0.04

0.062

"

inedible fruit

2.77

;

leaves

3.91

Coconut, milk

Radionuclide concentration inpCi/g, dry*

Wet wt./Dry wt.
Ratio

+0.5

0.92+0.04

<0.97

0.0037

<0.0013
0.0037

40 +8.5

1.2 40.4

nab

6.22

30

+8.4

2.3 +0.6

<0.97

0.021

Scaevola, leaves

5.81

18

+3.6

0.95+0.25

<0. 36

0.0025

Messerschmidia, Teaves

9.04

20

+4.0

2.3 +0.6

0.49

0.0049

"

meat

37.5

18

239,240,

na

The error values for al? radionuclides listed except
Sr and Pu are two-sigma, propagated, counting
errors for a single sample. The error value for 90Sr and Pu is the two-sigma counting error for a
Single sample plus an anlytical error.

b.

Na - not analyzed
ve

90

a.

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