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ABSTRACT
During the period of June 11 to 21, 1956, a survey party
operating from the USS Walton (DE 361), measured the radiation
in plankton, water, and fish samples collected near Bikini ang
Eniwetok Atolls.
Fifty-three stations between 10° 15' to 14° N
and 159° to 166° & were covered during the 3,300-mile cruise,
A continuous record of the radiation in the surface water wags
obtained with a probe.
Plankton samples from oblique tows to
a depth of 200 meters and water samples from the surface and “
from depths of 25, 50, 75, and 100 meters indicated radimactiv
ity at each station.
Highest radlation readings in plankton
and water samples were from stations north of Bikini Atoll.
Radiation decreased around the periphery of the survey area,