Table 12

STRONTIUM-90 IN SAMPLES COLLECTED .

yf

AT BIKINI ATOLL, MARCH, JUNE, AUGUST, 1969

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Average Values and Range

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(a)

pci/g dry
Avg.

Range

13

2.0

(0.6-3.4)

Bikini I.

6

50.1

Oroken Te (6)

5

8.9

(4.9-14.9)

Rukoji I.

3

75.2

(36.6-144)

13

9.6

Coconut Crabs
Muscle
Enyu I.

"Liver"

Enyu I.

N

Bikini I.

6

Oroken Te (4)

5

Rukoji I.
Skeleton

3

L2

2.1
18

(3.0-28)

5.1

(38.3-204)

62

21.3

(15.4-30.0)

97.2

(72.6-113)

75

(912-2035)

L1OO

Bikini I.

6

1410

Orcken Te 04)

5

346

Troll Caught Fish
Yellowfin Tuna

0.05

(16.4-99.0)

116

8

3

Avg.

”

L117

Enyu I.

Rukoji I.

pci/g wet (P)

ll

(57.2-164)

61

(184-571)

2330

270

(1200-3870)
.

1800

|

(a)

Light muscle

3

€0.1

Dark muscle

3

voO.l

Bone

3

<O.l1

< .04

Light muscle

3

<O.1

< 793

Dark muscle

3

< 0.1

3

1.4

.

Ulua (Jack)

' Bone

(<0.1-0.29)

03

|

<-03

f
(1.1-1.9)

<.03
0.6

(a) Number of individuals.
(b)

Converted from dry weight by using average wet:dry
weight ratios.

(c) Collected May,

1967.

(d) Two samples contained <0.1 pCi/g dry and one sample contained
0.29 + 0.06 pci/g dry.
when being ground.

We think the sample was contaminated

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