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

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