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 ]

|

10

vo

x 40

_
:

ne

|
oO
von

oe

4

a

{

we

as

i

as

i
{
|

t4

“
a

aha

a,

QO

ger 2

~

od

G2

‘

1

23

Me,

a,
m
n

rte

67

16

tT

1

t

1

T

Sl

50

69

8&4

93

6406710

Papaya

48

49

6 1810"

beso

VOTIO |
1720710

\

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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