r
TABLE 3,
Kneu Istind
Bikint tskand
ain
Otad
Oto 10
Vi .
mu,
101
103
Oto 15
0 to 25
0 to 40
W)
108
79
108
G2
gy
49
73
_
2920p,
11
241 Am
1746,
amu,
8.7
7.4
AB
8
6.)
4.2
97
FS
5.3
4
8.2
6.4
4.3
4.1
7.1
5.4
3.4,
4.5
10
-
278+ 740] 4,
41 Am
0.82
0.41
0.73
0.39
0.73
0.42
Drinking coconut meat
Drinking coconut fluid
60 ]
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10
vo
x 40
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|
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von
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4
a
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as
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as
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a
aha
a,
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ger 2
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23
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a,
m
n
rte
67
16
tT
1
t
1
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Sl
50
69
8&4
93
6406710
Papaya
48
49
6 1810"
beso
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1720710
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Watermelon”
17
490
10
3.7
19
40
18
6.3
4)
4.9
0.38
3.6
370
ris)
22
10
0.54
78
79
16
34
B&H
2.6
18
19
50
49
17
2.8
0.16
1.1
0.73
6.1
0.28
3.9
2.2
0.14
LA
4
0.1
0.82
0.92
0.12
0.18
0.036
0.98
0.075
0.11
|
'
04
991
ite
Dietary
retary item
Number al
trees or plants
Mean
.
( nncentrarian
;
High value
Coconut meat
26
gR(—3)P
TN (- 2)
2.4 (-2)
4 (2)
1.8 (-3)
0.07
(1.46
4.1 (-2)
7
y
3
15
6
9.6 (—3)
1.8 (2)
3
8
5.9 (-4)
0.15
0.69
1.1 (-1)
1.5 (—2)
2.9 (-2)
;
Median
.
Low value
BRA(-3)
RG (-4)
2.4 (-2)
R.KR (3)
g(—4)
5.5 (—3h
0.42
2.8 (-2)
7.7 (-a)
1.4 (-2)
THB
yR{-3)
0.26
9.8 (-3)
5.8 (-3)
7.2 (-3)
soil dry weight.
“The pCi/g fruit wet weight per pCi/g
s of ten.
b Values in parentheses indicate power
Q7
o77
e for
ated over a} to Hem soil profil
Concentration ratios of “Sr estim
s.
Island
Eneu
subsistence crops at Bikini and
Banana
Watermelon
999
(%)
Cumulative probability
FEneu Island.
lly
soil on Eneu Island are jognorma
The 'Cs concentrations in the
at
rved
obse
8. Similar results were
distributed as indicated in Fig.
various atolls.
Concentration Ratios
6
3
12
5
13
6
Squash
ofsoil at
concentrat ion in the top 0 to 5 cm
Fig. 8. Log probability plot of '"Cs
some
nce of locally grown foods at
Because of the scarcity or abse
ween
bet
os
rati
n
atio
loped concentr
atolls and islands, we have deve
ht
weig
dry
/g
pCi
per
food
wet weightin
food products andsoil (pCi/g
and
high
the
and
,
ian
med
n,
The mea
in soil) for each radionuclide.
56
74
15
11
Coconut fluid
Breadfruit
Pandanus fruit
Papaya
3 wo 4
a8D
me
4A
10
8
TABLE 5
2
96
7H0
735
°
Aa,
ae
pCi/g soil dry weight.
* The pCi/g fruit wel weight per
system.
soil profile because of shallow root
5-em
to
Qfora
ratio
ion
» Concentrat
LUGEND
LIN ANTS
LOG ANTS
{
|
50 |
sor
98
82
Squash?
Banana
“hes
150
147
Be
82
Copra meal
Sprouting coconut
Breadfruit
Pandanus fruit
0.46
O75
0.76 O05
—
lanes
[retin ein
‘
fie
+
dr weight)
Sen} concentrahioer (pCn £
ven
!
TT eS
both Bikint and
for ober 100 sort profiles far
Aeerage sail concentrations
Eneu istands
for
estimated over a 0- to 40-cm soil profile
TABLE 6.—Concentration ratios of 29+ 4Dy
s.
Island
Eneu
and
Bikini
at
crops
e
subsistenc
.
Ihetaryitem
Coconut meat
Coconut fluid
Breadfruit
Pandanus fruit
Papaya
Squash
as
Watemelon
Number
Irves of plants
conventration
Mean
High value
Median
Lowvalue
22
9.7 (—5)
4.8 (-4)
3.1 (—F)
1.7 (-6)
4,3 (-5)
8.9 (—-5)
3.3 (45)
6.4 (-4)
of
11
8
3
16
5
a
8
1.2 (—5)
1.5 (-5)
3.6 (-5)
1.9 (-5)
Jud (-5)
4(-5)
—
4.7 (-5)
1.8 (-4)
4{-5)
6.4 (—5)
8.9 (-5)
-1.2 (-5)
2 (—4)
1.2 (—4)
7.2 (-6)
Beto)
_
1.6 (—6)
3.3 (-7)
3.3 (-7)
8.4 (-7)
Pte
n ratio for
soil dry weight. The mean concentratio
" The pCi/g fruit wet weight per pCi/g
“lAm is similar to Pu.
» Values in parentheses indicate powers of ten.
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