Table A-37. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for

Taka Island at Taka Atoll.
Food

,
137Cs

90Sr

239+240Pu

24iAm

Coconut crabs
Land crabs

2.50e+00
2.50e+00

2.73e-01
2.73e-01

1.51e-03
1.51e-03

4.80e-04
4.80e-04

Chicken muscle

2.99e-01

2.07e-03

2.30e-05

3.70e-04

Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver

2.23e-01
1.88e-01
1.40e+00
2.70e+00
9.58e-01

3.82e-02
7.49e-02
3.70e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03

3.40e-04
2.60e-04
6.70e-06
1.70e-05
7.90e-05

4.80e-04
5.70e-04
1.30e-05
9.80e-05
2.10e-05

Pork heart

7.72e-01

2.94e-03

1.90e-05

1.60e-04

Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
Pandanus fruit
Pandanus nuts
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat

1.50e-02
9.00e-03
2.99e-01
1.41e-01
1.41e-01
4.50e-02
4.08e-01
2.98e-01
4.08e-01

4.00e-04
1.80e-04
2.07e-03
2.41e-02
2.41le-02
5 .45e-04
5 .Q0e-03
5.00e-03
5 .00e-03

1.50e-04
1.50e-04
2.30e-05
2.66e-06
2.66e-06
3.00e-06
-7.10e-06
-7.10e-06
-7.10e-06

2.00e-05
2.00e-05
3.70e-04
6 .06e~-06
6 .06e-06
2.60e-05
4.22e-05
4.22e-05
4.22e-05

Marshallese cake

4.08e-01

5.00e-03

-7.10e-06

4.22e-05

Rainwater

7.00e-05

8.90e-05

4.00e-07

3.00e-07

Wellwater

1.80e-04

1.00e-03

7.00e-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 1079,

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