, tiimana
en
rTcamnemundial
-&0oand fish
squash, papays, crab
e
th
th
wi
ly
nt
re
ur
conc
percent.
ples were 8 & t 3.1
From the amount of sr?
paration
eh vas determined by se
0
present
of x79, daughter of Sr’
90
;
it
sent
ount of Sr 89 could be pre
am
l
al
sm
a
ly
on
at
th
t
bviden
bie VII).
.
lyses are given in Table VII
Tne results of the cel44 ana
6 ve in erab muscle, while
f maximum amount found was 5 x 107
s.
vas found in some coconut sample
Cerium analyses were
nitrate precipitation of
ow of the filtrate from strontium
coconut,
pandanus fruit,
ated in the above table.
squash,
orab,
and fish samples
The rare earths were extracted with
the trivalent
Mbutyl phosphate, and cerium was separated from
| e earths by ceric todate precipitation.
Recovery from
Ppiked" samples of non-radioactive fish meal ash run conrrently were 73 percent for coconut and pandanus fruit,
and
| percent for all the others.
Determinations were made of the amount of radioiodine
|
‘sent in three land plants and two algae collected at Rongelap
021 on March 26, 1954.
These analyses made on April 24, 1954,
loved the procedures as outlined by Glendenin
et al.
The counts as obtained were corrected back to March 26,
cE
yt31 was present in all five plant tissues counted, vary-
from 0.47 percent to 0.029 percent of the total activity
‘Olendenin
et al.,
:
|Radtoch iodine.”
R
"In terchange of radioactive iodine with
In Coryell, C. D. and Sugarman,
N.
chemical Studies: The Pission Products, Book 3, D. 1629,
McGraw-Hill, 1951.