Table A-30. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
EimniappIsland at Ujelang 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
Chickén muscle
2.99e-01
2.07e-03
2.30e-05
3.70e-04
Chicken
2.23e-01
3.82e-02
3.40e-04
4.80e-04
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
1.88e-01
4.40e-01
2.70e+00
9.58e-01
7.72e-01
1.10e-02
6.60e-03
2.99e-01
7.49e-02
5 .50e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03
2.94e-03
2.00e-04
9.00e-05
2.07e-03
1.60e-04
1.80e-05
1.70e-05
1.50e-04
1.00e-06
2.00e-05
2.00e-05
2.30e-05
4.70e-04
1.10e-05
9.80e-05
1.80e-05
1.70e-04
8.00e-06
8.00e-06
3.70e-04
Pandanus
-1.6te-05
liver
4.0le-01
6 .88e-02
-6.38e-06
Coconut fluid
fruit
6.00e-02
2.29e~-04
2.02e-06
5.70e-06
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
5 .57e-01
4.07e-01
2.10e-03
2.10e-03
4.85e-06
4.85e-06
9.35e-06
9.35e-06
Copra meat
5.57e-01
2.10e-03
4.85e-06
9.35e-06
Marshallese cake
5.57e-01
2.10e-03
4.85e-06
9.35e-06
Rainwater
Wellwater
Malolo
Coffee/tea
7.00e-05
1.80e-04
7.00e-05
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
1.00e~03
8.90e~05
8.90e~-05
4.00e-07
7.00e-07
4.00e-07
4.00e-07
3.00e-07
2.50e-07
3.00e-07
3.00e-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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