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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

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