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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