Table A-42. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Eniaetok Island at Rongelap Atoll.
Food
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
241Am
Coconut crabs
2.50e+00
2.73e-01
1.51e-03
4.80e-04
Land crabs
2.50e+00
2.73e-01
1.51e-03
4.80e-04
Chickeh muscle
2.59e+00
5.33e-03
2.30e-05
3.70e-04
Chicken
2.44e+00
1.14e-02
3.40e-04
4.80e-04
liver
Chicken gizzard
2.11e+00
1.28e-02
1.60e-04
4.70e-04
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
8.50e+00
1.81le+01
3.60e-03
5.93e-03
3.60e-05
1.70e-05
2.50e-05
9.80e-05
Pork liver
Pork heart
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
5.15e+00
8.50e+00
2.50e-02
1.50e-02
2.59e+00
5 .93e-03
3.60e-03
8.50e-04
3.62e-04
5.33e-03
7.90e-05
1.90e-05
2.40e-04
2.40e-04
2.30e-05
2.10e-05
1.60e-04
4.30e-05
4.30e-05
3.70e-04
Pandanus
1.56e+01
6.14e+00
6.55e-05
2.50e-05
Coconut fluid
fruit
1.03e+00
6.03e-03
9.96e-05
2.40e-04
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
Marshallese cake
Rainwater
1.00e+01
7.32e+00
1.00e+01
1.00e+01
2.50e-04
5.55e-02
5.55e-02
5 .55e-02
5.55e-02
6.70e-04
2.39e-04
2.39e-04
2.39e-04
2.39e-04
2.40e-06
3.90e-04
3.90e-04
3.90e-04
3.90e-04
4.00e-07
Wellwater
2.40e-03
1.00e-03
1.30e-05
4.00e-07
Malolo
2.50e-04
6.70e-04
2.40e-06
4.00e-07
Coffee/tea
2.50e-04
6.70e-04
2.40e-06
4.00e-07
NOTE: Value following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, 1.00e-05 is equal
to 1.00 x 107.
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