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INTERNAL CONTAMINATION OF ANIMALS
Table 37—Radiochemical Analysis of Tissues and Urine of Pigs From Rongelap on 82nd Day Post-
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Detonation
BETA ACTIVITY—D/M/TOTAL SAMPLE
SaMPLE
Pig #24 (25.8 kgm):
Skeleton (total). ......---...-----.Liver.......----..--------------- eee
Colon and contents._.-.....--...--.
Lung (alveolar). __...-------------Stomach... --.._.....-------------+-
Intestine (small). ....-...--.------Kidney -_-.......--..---...-------Remaining tissues..........-------.
Gross
ACTIVITY
(x 10-2}
8890
31
12
15
5660
0.40
5.0
0. 22
1.2
0. 22
Total.__...------- ae ee
9630
3
Bkeleton (total).............-.----Liver_..-.--.-...--.----..----------
Colon and contents........---.-----
Lung (alveolar)__.._..-..---------Stomach.__.........--...---.-----Intestine (small). __..........-----.
Kidney..-.-....-...---2...-------.
Balt
(x 10-4)
660
0.33
2.4
0. 20
1.1
TorTaL
RakE
EaRti
(x 10°23)
1010
6.4
3.2
0.8
1.3
23
0. 62
0. 50
0. 51
3.3
0, 21
0. 42
0.74
690
|e eee eee
Urine sample, 24 hr_...._..-.---..-
Pig’#25 (22.7 kgm):
Srt*
(x 107%)
8600
27
16
11
2.0
2.6
3.1
Remaining tissues............---.-.
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Total. __....-....-----.----------Urine sample, 24 brs..........-----.
8870
6.2
5667
8.7
665
1.2
1020
L6
5100
a. 53
630
0. 20
0. 26
0. 29
0.83
0. 23
0.13
0.88
0.33
0.30
6. 88
0.14
0.19
0. 52
5.0
3.2
690
5.6
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0, 40
702
0. 54
SUMMARY
Gross Beta ACTIVITY
SEELETON
Tora.
Bopy
URINE
(24 Hes.)
BRM ee eee ee cee
62.0
58.0
Ba... ee eee ee eee eee
6.8
6.5
7.9
Rare Earth. __..-..-----.-0.-2------ eee eee
9.7
9.0
10.5
78.5
73.5
87.4
All values corrected for decay.
69.0