GROSS ACTIVITY
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Table 12—Summary of Gross Beta and GammaActivity in Birds and Eggs *
IsLanp
No. or
SaMPLEE
SaMPi_e
AVERAGE
WEIGHT
(g)
RADIOACTIVITY *
Beta
(d/m/sampleX10“) (d/m/kexX10-)
Gamma
(afmfsamplex10~) (d/m/kex10~)
Rongelap Atoll:
Rongelap._.-.....-.- Tern:
Egg sbell_..._..--....-
6
NDA
0
0.62
10.3
92
0.83
10.1
0.32
3.5
11
7.8
1.7
12
1
Viscera.......--......Moascle....-.--.---.--Tibia.__..--..----..---
1
101
1
141
1 j.--------e-
0.38
NDA
NDA
1
1
2
2
Gejen.....2.--0---. 2. Tern... eee ne nee
Kabelle_......
1
Egg, soft tissue..._...-
Tern
-
Musele....--.--------Tibia. ...----.-----.Egg sheli__...--....-..
Ege, soft tissue....__.-
Alinginee Atoll:
Sifo.......--- 2 Tern_.....-----..----.-Muscle......_---._-..Viscera._.......-.--.-Tibia. ....---------..
Egg shell.....----..--Egg, soft tissne.......Rongerik Atoll:
Eniwetak.......-.... Tern........-.---------Muscle....-....--...-Tibia__.--. 2.2222.
Visoera....-.-2.-----2-
1
1
33
145
16.9
0.9
5.3
22.8
7
116
7
11.7
7 j_.---------7
0.31
1
6
1
33
2
2
2
92
19.7
2
+
0. 26
427792—67-——_4
eens
0.11
3.3
3.8
0
0
0. 025
0. 019
NDA
0.1
0. 07
NDA
0.16
5.9
70
0
6.7
0.18
0. 027
0.13
03
1.7
30
2%
1.3
0. 38
0. O57
0.08
NDA
NDA
0. 28
3.3
4.9
—_—
0
0
7.9
17
0. 43
0.14
NDA
0. 06
0.11
14,7
36. 7
—
0
10
3.3
1.9
0.04
21.0
23
0.9
0.03
0.8
1.9
0.05
—_—
0.09
—_—
NDA
« As determined on basis of Us0s standards and empirical scattering and absorption corrections.
*Counted in April-May 1956.
7.9
0
NDA
0.25
0.14
0
0