Table l
Average Values of Radionuclides in Food Items Other Than
Iand Plants at Bikini Atoll, 1967(1) ana 1969
t
5 ne
~'67
‘69
Diet Item
Fish, muscle
, eviscerated whole
Fish, liver
", viscera
2)
9200*
18
382*
120
Spiny lobster (3"4)
2.5
Giant clams '>?
5.9
Coconut crabs,
"
"
Pek
100
"
no
muscle
"
(Bikini)
"
(Enyu)
"
"
an
(1)
(2)
(3)
. (4)
(5)
"
"
"
,
,
13.3
~12
curlew
'67
19
. 32
04
24
.08
=
-
02
19
13
nd
nd .
nd
72
12
181
.
41
16
7.8
1.5
62
5.1
170
16
100
110
3.5
105
155
(7.7
LiL
:
24
D.C.,
-14
-05
-13
94
~
16
26.5
_
~
380
56
-08
Philip F. Gustafson, Division of Biology and
April 1968.
"Clams or Lobster" was used in the 1968 table, but it has been
established that the values given are for spiny lobsters from Bikini I.
The 1969 value includes spiny lobsters from Nam I.
for lobsters from Bikini I. is .07 pCi/g wet.
Clams from near Bikini I. only.
off Nam.
nd
‘69
«65
Radiological Report on Bikini Atoll.
The heading,
Ll
-8
turnstone
terns
Washington,
44.7
2.6
99 sy
'67
'69
1.2
:
all species
Medicine, USAEC,
Reef fish only.
3.7
10
Coconut crabs, "liver" (Bikini)
"
"
"
(Enyu)
Birds, muscle,
6006
*69
Only small clams, not usually eaten, were found
The maximum value for ©0Co was 29 pCi/g wet.
*Jacks only
nd —- not detectable
only.
The average values for 60Co
T?é
"
(2)
167
pci/g wet