Table A-29.
Radionuclide concentrations in local
food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Burle Island at Ujelang Atoll.
Food
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
24iAm
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
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
2.99e-01
2.23e-01
2.07e—-03
3.82e-02
2.30e-05
3.40e-04
3.70e-04
4.80e-04
Chicken gizzard
1.8Be-01
7.49e-02
1.60e-04
4.70e-04
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
4.40e-01
2.70e+00
5.50e-04
6.12e-03
1.80e-05
1.70e-05
1.10e-05
9.80e-05
Pork liver
9.58e-01
1.24e-03
1.50e-04
1.80e-05
Pork heart
Bird muscle
7.72e-01
1.10e-02
2.94e-03
2.00e-04
1.00e-06
2.00e-05
1.70e-04
8.00e—-06
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
Pandanus fruit
Banana
Rainwater
6.60e-03
2.99e-01
3.48e-01
4.71e-03
7.00e-05
9.00e-05
2.07e-03
1.43e-02
1.74e-03
8.90e-05
2.00e-05
2.30e-05
-1.16e-05
-9 .27e-06
4.00e-07
8.00e-06
3.70e-04
QO.
-1.60e-05
3.00e-07
Wellwater
1.80e-04
1.00e-03
7.00e-07
2.50e-07
Malolo
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
3.00e-07
Coffee/tea
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
3.00e-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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