Table A-38.
Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Eluk Island at Taka Atoll.
Food
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
241Am
Coconut crabs
2.50e+00
2.73e-01
1.51le-03
4.80e-04
Land crabs
2.50e+00
2.73e-01
1.51e-03
4.80e-04
Chickeh muscle
2.99e-01
2.07e-03
2.30e-05
3.70e-04
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
2.23e-01
1.88e-01
1.40e+00
2.70e+00
9.58e-01
7.72e-01
1.50e-02
9.00e-03
2.99e-01
3.82e-02
7.49e-02
3.70e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03
2.94e-03
4.00e-04
1.80e-04
2.07e-03
3.40e—-04
2.60e-04
6.70e-06
1.70e-05
7.90e-05
1.90e-05
1.50e-04
1.50e-04
2.30e-05
4.80e-04
5.70e-04
1.30e-05
9.80e-05
2.10e-05
1.60e-04
2.00e-05
2.00e-05
3.70e-04
Coconut
0.
fluid
1.83e-02
0.
0.
Drinking coconut meat
1.05e-01
0.
0.
0.
Rainwater
Wellwater
7.00e-05
1.80e-04
8.90e-05
1.00e-03
4.00e-07
7.00e-07
3.00e-07
2.50e-07
Malolo
Coffee/tea
7.00e-05
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
4.00e-07
3.00e-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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