Table A-41. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Kabelle Island at Rongelap Atoll.
Food
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
24iAm
Coconut crabs
2.50-+00
2.73e-01
1.51e-03
Land crabs
2.50e+00
2.73e-01
1.51e-03
4.80e-04
4.80e-04
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
2.59e+00
2.44e+00
2.11e+00
8.50e+00
1.81e+01
5.15e+00
8.50e+00
2.50e-02
1.50e-02
2.59e+00
5 .33e-03
1.14e-02
1.28e-02
3.60e-03
5 .93e-03
5.93e-03
3.60e—-03
8.50e-04
3.82e-04
5.33e-03
2.30e-05
3.40e-04
1.60e-04
3.60e-05
1.70e-05
7.90e-05
1.90e-05
2.40e-04
2.40e-04
2.30e-05
3.70e-04
4.80e-04
4.70e-04
2.50e-05
9.80e-05
2.10e-05
1.60e-04
4.30e-05
4.30e-05
3.70e-04
Coconut
fluid
1.41e+00
1.09e-02
1.25e-04
4.88e-06
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
Sprouting coconut
Marshallese cake
1.35e+01
9.86e+00
1.35e+01
6 .40e+00
1.35e+01
3.84e-01
3.84e-01
3.84e-01
3.84e-01
3.84e-01
1.08e-04
1.08e-04
1.08e-04
1.08e-04
1.08e-04
1.63e-04
1.63e-04
1.63e-04
1.63e-04
1.63e-04
Rainwater
2.50e-04
6.70e-04
2.40e-06
4.00e-07
Wellwater
2.40e-03
1.00e-03
1.30e-05
4.00e-07
Malolo
Coffee/t:a
2.50e-04
2.50e-04
6 .70e-04
6.70e-04
2. 40e-06
2.40e-06
4.00e-07
4.00e-07
NOTE: Value following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, !.00e-05 is equal
to 1.00 x 10-9.
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