—

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

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