The

areas

southeast

and northwest

of the runway

plantinq

in the same ~manner as Bikini.

Coconut,

arrowroot,

(Table

2).

by the

Laboratory

Table

and pandanus

In addition,

coconut

of Radiation

were

samples
crabs

Ecoloqy

Coconut

meat

21

Coconut

milk

23

of the University

in Food

28t

.08

Located

Aerokoj,

causeways
OBOE

connected

to Bikdrin

radiation

areas

only

Aerokoj.

scrap

to the

were

these

trees

No pandanus

two

complex

and

islands

~r?c once with

- ROGER
islands

or less

in excess

islands.

Gamma

on the complex
or arrowroot

11

side

of it.

and are

The measured

background

over

all

of these

was

found

showed

of scrap

found

was found.

with wan-made

are contiguous

spectroscopy

were

of five

(BIKDP.IN)

of 30 ~R/hr

in the few pieces

consists

Eneman

on each

5) by a causewav.
10 ~R/hr

reading

this

Lele,

(AEROKOJLOL)

(Fiqure

radionuclide

coconut

Bikdrin,

4 the first

levels

near

contaminating
The

Bikdrin

by Figure

No radioactive
reef

of the atoll.

(AEROKOJ ) - PETER

indicated

ganma

side

water

COMPLEX

Aerokojlol.

connecting

0.42

0.4

(ENEMAN)

on the southern

islands,

As

- TARE

(AEROKOJ)

Island

14 ~ 0.24

*data from reference number i.
_
lPr&pared by grinding, rinsing three times ~~ith salt
fresh water.
(Marshal lese method of r)reparation)
OBOE

Eneu

l~7cs-1967*

0.7

Arrowroott

sanpled

of Washington.

from

87

Pandanus

ar,d a:,alyzed

life were

137(-s

Sample

stri’ppeti For

collected

and marine

‘]OSr Concentration
Mean 137Cs and
(pCi/g wet weight)

2.

were

on the land or

60Co to be the

metal

on the

islands.

east

fwnd.
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