Table A-55.
Radionuclide concentrations in local
food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Rongerik Island at Rongerik Atoll.
Food
Coconut crabs
Land crabs
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
241Am
2.50e+00
2.50e+00
2.99e-01
2.23e-01
1.88e-01
1.40e+00
2.70e+00
9.58e-01
7.72e-01
2.73e-01
2.73e-01
2.07e-03
3.82e-02
7.49e-02
3.70e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03
2.94e-03
1.51e-03
1.51e-03
2.30e-05
3.40e-04
2.60e-04
6.70e-06
1.70e-05
7.90e-05
1.90e-05
4.80e-04
4.80e-04
3.70e-04
4.80e-04
5.70e-04
1.30e-05
9.80e-05
2.10e-05
1.60¢e-04
Bird muscle
1.50e-02
5 .00e-04
6 .50e-05
1.30e-05
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
9.00e-03
2.99e-01
2.25e-04
2.07e-03
6 .50e-05
2.30e-05
1.30e-05
3.70e-04
Pandanus fruit
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
2.40e+00
1.03e+00
3.17e+00
4.57e-02
4.63e-03
1.23e-02
1.23e-02
1.23e-02
1.23e-02
1.23e-02
8.90e-05
3.16e-05
3.57e-05
1.64e-05
1.64e-05
1.64e-05
1.64e-05
1.64e-05
4.00e-07
2.00e-04
4.40e-05
2.46e-05
2.50e-07
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
Sprouting coconut
Marshallese cake
Rainwater
2.31e+00
3.17e+00
6.53e-01
3.17e+00
7.00e-05
Wellwater
1.80e-04
1.00e-03
7.00e-07
Malolo
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
Coffee/tea
7.00e-05
8 .90e-05
4.00e-07
2.46e-05
2.46e-05
2.46e-05
2.46e-05
3.00e-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 1075.
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