Table A-2. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
KapenorIsland at Likiep Atoll.
Food
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
24lAm
Coconut crabs
2.50e+00
2.73e-01
1.51e-03
4.80e-04
Land crabs
Chicken muscle
Chickeh liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
Pandanus fruit
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
2.50e+00
2.99e-01
2,.23e-01
1.8Be-01
1.80e+00
2.70e+00
9.58e-01
7.72e-01
9.50e-03
5.70e-03
2.99e-01
5.92e-01
1.13e-01
3.18e-01
2.32e-01
3.18e-01
2.73e-01
2.07e-03
3.82e-02
7.49e-02
2.90e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03
2.94e-03
{.00e-03
4.50e-04
2.07e-03
7.35e-02
5 .47e-05
6 .69e-04
6 .69e-04
6 .69e-04
1.51e-03
2.30e-05
3.40e-04
2.60e-04
7.20e-06
1.50e-04
§ .50e-05
~3.90e-05
4.60e-05
4.60e-05
2.30e-05
~7.35e-06
1.42e-05
3.41e~05
3.41e-05
3.41e-05
4.80e-04
3.70e-04
4.80e-04
5.70e-04
1.70e-05
8.60e-05
-6 .80e-06
1.40e~-04
1 .00e~-05
1.00e-05
3.70e-04
4.71e-06
2.27e-05
3.69e-05
3.69e-05
3.69e-05
Marshallese cake
Rainwater
3.18e-01
7.00e-05
6 .69e-04
8.90e-05
3.41e-05
4.00e-07
3.69e-05
3.00¢e-07
Wellwater
Malalo
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
NOTE: Value, following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, !.00e-05 is equal
to 1.00 x 10-Y.