A single
and

soil

sample

Bokdrolul

showed

approximately

85;,

-;CS

15% ‘°Co.

No edible
Since

plants

were

the maximum

the exposure
CHARLIE

on any of these
rate

reductions

found

were

for

not

islands.

this group

was

50 ~!?/hr,

projected.

(NAM)
by Figure

in the northwest
Bikini

with

of the

island.

nuclides

A single

rate

Radioactive

scrap

reading

radioactive
at sea.

Less

radioactive
Although

soil

sample

showed

the

of about

levels

slightly

found

taken

higher

near

than

50% 1S7CS,

on

side

aree of

of gamma

emitting

33% ‘)OCo, and
of time

those

the northwest

in a background

concentration

as a function

on Ntrr,,located

17% ~~ssb,

for this

composition

15.
was found

obtained

scrap

of 500 ~R/hr

reduction

in Figure

radiation
are

of the atoll,

to be composed

is given

viously

corner

200 ~R/hr

exposure

maximum

14, the external

one “hot spot”

approximately

there

found

exposure

rate

As indicated

The

from

at several

on any piece

reading

in excess

radioactive

material

locations

on the

of scrap was

of
was

100 ~R/hr
buried

island.

All

500 ~R/hr.

(gamna)

was

on land with

The

!x:ried

the non-

debris.

this

is the third

utilized

largest

as a source

are at present

and one which

of food materials

edible

no

island

land

plants

by the

or coconut

had be~?n pre-

Rikinian:;,
crabs

on the

island.
A sample

of fresh

by the Laboratory
Tritium

levels

water

frcm

Nam,

for Radiation

in all other

taken

in 1964

Ecology,

water

and supplied

contained

samples

from

to S!ARI-!L

15 pCi of ~A/ml.

various

islands

were

less than 0.4 pCi/ml.
A sample
contained
137CS

from

a Portulaca

1.5 pCi “of 3H/ml

in the plant material

plant

(high water

of extracted

content)

water.

was 210 pCi/g

The

taken

in June

concentration

and of ~OCo

was

3.8

1969
of

~Ci/g

wet weight.
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