Appendix Table 29
Predominant Radionuclides in Soil Profiles A and C from Bikini Island, Bikini Atoll, April 1975

Sample
Depth (cm)

Radionuclide concentrationin pCi/g, dry"
60.5

137...

155,

24),

1.2 +0.1

2.5 +0.2

239,240, |

90. .b

Profile A (2nd BLN, Row 30)
1.1 £0.12
0. 3240.05
0. 1040.03
ns
ns
ns

68

+0.7

75
=)
20
+0..3
7.8 +0.2

3.1 40.12
0.1940.03
0.082+0.03

1.6 +0.1
0.32+0.07
ns¢
ns
ns
ns

3.0 40.3
0.55+0.19
ns
ns
ns
ns

7.3

£0.14?

7]

+1.4

6.4 +0.13
1.2 +0.02 b
0.06720.005

75
49
33.

3.4 +0.2?
0.16 +0.06
0.048+0.018
0.03440.026
0.008+0.006,,
0.01240. 002,
0.005+0. 001

89
+1.8
58
+12
18
+0.5
2.5 +0.2
<0.9
0.78+0.11
<0.9

na 4
<0.01 b
—<0.002

417.5
+1.0
+0.7

4.1] +0.3
<0.5
<0.9

r

15-25
25-50
50-75

0.90+0.09

Ta ecapy grt ee moecn poe

2.5-5
5-10
10-15

Profile C (2nd BLN, behind house #40 by breadfruit)
0-2.5
2.5-5
5-10
10-15
15-25
25-50
50-75

0.59+0. 06
0.30+0.05
0.17140.03
0.06+0.03
0.044+0.02
ns
ns

4]
+0.5
7.6 +0.25
3.5 +0.12
2.6 +0.12
0.85+0.05
0.23+0.04
0.09+0.03

0. 70+0.09
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns

1.5 40.2
0.25+0.1]
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns

The error values for all radionuclide listed excent 90Sr 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
analytical error.
Analyses performed by McClellan Central Laboratory, Sacramento, California.
not significant; the net sample count is less than the two-sigma, propagated, counting error
not analyzed.

19

ns
na

oul

b.

COTETR ces tome oe pope ee
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0-2.5

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