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HARDY, RIVERA, AND CONARD
Table 3— THE RETENTION OF 8'Cs IN RONGELAP FOOD
(MEASURED BY WHOLE-BODY COUNTER AND FROM EXCRETION)
AND THE RETENTION OF Sr (MEASURED FROM EXCRETION)
Days after
;
ingestion of
Rongelap food
i
2
3
4
7
10
BiCs retention, nc
Whole-body counter
42.56
38.88
45.38
46
50
36.80
53
60
70
74
50
36.16
32.88
88
25.68
27.73
.
22.11
19.19
14,34
160
170
180 |
190
2.17
47.22
1,98
42.10
1,386
37.71
1.76
33.73
1.66
30.42
27.33
1.6
1.52
24.97
1.44
22,96
21.02
1.37
1.32
19.38
17.91
16.56
15.26
14,22
1.28
1.21
1.20
1.17
1.16
13.22
12.33
l.i¢
1.14
55.64
33,21
32
39
40
164
53.34
57.10
55.71
51.06
46.83
110
i208
120
146
150
39Sr retention,
ne
57.90
il
18
20
29
3
90
100
1035
Excretion
9.37
11.50
.
10.81
1.14
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been observed by other investigators /*/1%!" was not measured in this
tudy since the acute-ingestion period was longer than the expected
half-life of the short-term component.
The “Sr retention curve as determined from excretion data
(Fig. 6) does not describe a single exponential function as is the case
with “’Cs. The whole-body retention of “Sr is more closely represented by a sum of exponentials **" or a power function.’ In this