Table A-69. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
ManchiniksonIsland at Ailinginae Atoll.
Food

137Cs

Coconut crabs
Land crabs
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard

90Sr

239+240Pu

241Am

2.50e+00
2.50e+00
2.99e-01
2.23e-01
1.88e-01

2.73e-01
2.73e-01
2.07e-03
3.82e-02
7.49e-02

1.51e-03
1.51e-03
2.30e-05
3.40e-04
2.60e-04

Pork muscle

1.40e+00

3.70e-04

6 .70e-06

1.30e~-05

Pork
Pork
Pork
Bird

2.70e+00
9.58e-01
7.72e-01
1.60e-02

6.12e-03
1.24e-03
2.94e-03
4.30e-04

1.70e-05
7.90e-05
1.90e-05
8.50e-05

9.80e-05
2.10e-05
1.60e-04
2.80e-05

2.99e-01
1.41e+00
3.49e-01
1.46e+00
1.06e+00
1.46e+00
1.46e+00

2.07e-03
3.50e-01
2.07e-03
1.90e-02
1.90e-02
1.90e-02
1.90e-02

2.30e-05
7.03e—06
7.20e-06
1.73e-05
1.73e-05
1.73e-05
1.73e-05

3.70e-04
6.70e-06
0.
0.
0.
0.
QO.

Rainwater

7.00e-05

8.90e-05

4.00e-07

3.00e-07

Wellwater
Malolo
Coffee/tea

1.80e-04
7.00e-05
7.00e-05

1.00e-03
8.90e-05
8.90e-05

7.00e-07
4,.00e-07
4.00e-07

2.50e-07
3.00e~-07
3.00e-07

kidney
liver
heart
muscle

Bird eggs

Chicken eggs
Pandanus fruit
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
Marshallese cake

9.80e-03

1.93e-04

8.50e-05

4.80e-04
4.80e-04
3.70e-04
4.80e-04
5.70e-04

2.80e-05

NOTE: Value, following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, 1.00e-05 is equal
to 1.00 x 1077.

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