ur/hr.
The highest levels on the island were measured around
a concrete instrument bunker near the lagoon shore.
Other

regions where high levels were found were located near the
western end over a desert-like plain and near depressions
with black algae cover.
Readings with the G-M counter in
these regions ranged from 110 to 217 ur/hr.

Soil samples were taken from two areas on the western
end where the highest levels were measured.
The analyses of
the samples indicated that the majer contributors to the
exposure rate were ®°'co, ,oeMRn , and **"sb.
These three
emitters probably account for about 85% of the total exposure

rate, with the remainder due mostly to **’cs (12%).
“*®* Bu,
+°? Rh, °2pnh, *°&Rh, and ®°zn, were also detected (see
Figure 9).
F.

Lukoj - Jelete

These two islands in the southwest part of the atoll
are quite similar to one another.
They are small, more or

less round with black coral rock overgrown with ipomea vines
along the shore areas.
Inland the islands had very dense
vegetation.
The soil was very damp with considerable
thickness of decaying organic matter.
These islands also
had large bird populations.
Survey of these islands was generally done by circling
each island about 100 ft. inland.
Spot measurements were
made in the intericr with at least one trarsect across the

island through the dense vegetation.

The radiation levels on Lukoj were quite high.
On one
short transect the range was 61 to 104 pr/hr with the

scintillation counter and 63 to 130 wr/hr with the G-M
counter.

On another transect which cut more nearly across

the center of the island the ranges were 100 to 171 pr/hr
and 83 to 197 ur/hr.
A soil sample was taken near the

center of the island where the higher levels were measured.
This soil sample was analyzed on both NaI(T1) and Ge (hij

spectrometers.

The spectra indicated that the major y-ray

emitters present were °°co, **°sb, *°?™ph, *°° su, and *27as

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