15a
Table 3.
Decline in radioactivity of samples
collected at Eniwetok immediately
following and 700 days after the Nectar
Shot, May 14, 1954.
Maximum value 1-3
700 days
days post-—-Nectar
post-Nectar
d/m/g wet
d/m/g wet
Plankton
7 Bird feathers and skin
10'4Algae
1O
7
Snail liver
Clam visceral mass
"
kidney
10° Beach sand
LO
Pish gut
Bird gut
Sea cucumber gut
Bird bone, kidney
Coral
Bird liver, lung
Fish skin, bone
5
10°4Sea cucumber muscle
10
5
Snail muscle
Clam muscle
Sea water
4
10 4+Fish muscle
Snail
Clam
Beach
liver
kidney
sand
1O
4
Snail muscle
Fish liver
Plankton
Fish gut
Sea cucumber gut
10%
Clam visceral mass
Bird kidney,
Sea
liver,lun
10>
cucumber muscle
Fish bone
2
10 +
10 +
1+
Algae
Clam muscle
Bird bone,
Coral
Fish skin
Fish muscle
Bird muscle
skin
nO
Bird gut
A. O
Sea water
ol
2