—
of radioactivity,
ind. catuag that *hese
Likia@p and Rengertk
islands,
(‘Appendix Tables A, D,
FP,
Bixar,
and K), had
vt
Ov oe dilegg.
co
become contaminated with the 1954 Bravo test fallout as had
Ronvelap Atoll.
Of special
radioactivity in
the :siand 3c11,
and the low levels in the
Rongerik.
and we
there,
note are the high
levels of
fish iiver and viscera
coconut gamples
coilectad at
Later collections were not made at these islands
do not know whether
‘further contamination occurred
as it did at islands to the south and west of the
test site.
|
Birds were gampled only at Ujelang,
in 1955 and at Tarava in 1956.
The
Bikar and Rangerik
1955 samples contained
relatively “:gh levels of beta radioactivity,
from Tarawa contained low levels.
‘rom
Tarawa
and f.3sh,
(39 d/m/g)
tr
those
The white of a tern egg
(A, <. 71x Taple G),
beta radiouctivity
whereas
however,
.
a principal food item of
contained more
any ster tisgeue sampiea,
these birds,
aiso con=-
tained 3igmficant amounts of radzsoactivity.
Qualitative analyses of gamma spectra also give an indi-
cation of the quantity of the isotopes present.
this kind made shortly after the 135d collec ions
Tabie
L)
show that 202% =Nb 95
Pp recominant
radiotsotuces
P
in
and Ru
the
‘nalysves of
(Appendix
103, 106_ 9,103, 106
simples.
f
were the
Two excepticns were