Table A-51. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Bigonattam Island at Rongerik Atoll.
Food

137Cs

90Sr

239+240Pu

241Am

Coconut crabs
Land crabs
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs

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
1.50e-02
9.00e-03
2.99e-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
5 .00e-04
2.25¢e-04
2.07e-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
6.50e-05
6 .50e-05
2.30e-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
1.60e-04
1.30e-05
1.30e-05
3.70e-04

Coconut

2.70e+00

3.12e-03

2.75e-05

3.7Be-05

fiuid

Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat

4 .24e+00
3.09e+00

9.01e-03
9.01e-03

8.73e-05
8.73e-05

6.20e-05
6.20e-05

Copra meat

4 .24e+00

9.01e-03

8.73e-05

6 .20e-05

Marshallese cake

4.24e+00

9.01e-03

8.73e-05

6 .20e-05

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 1079.

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