24
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
Unlike localization in the liver of mammals,
Zn® was found distributed fairly uniformly
amongthe tissues. The Co® found in clams
Table 24—Radiostrontium, Radiocesium and
Radiocerium-Praseodymium
in
Biological
Samples, December 1954-January 1955 (AFL)
IsLanp
Oraanis
PrecentacE or TotaL
ACTIVITY
Bre
Bre
BRS
Oss
Cem
prin
Sept.,
Oct.
1055"
muscle.
41 mullet muscie_...| 0.0
0.0
Labaredj...--. 29 coconut milk...../<0.5 |<0.5
0.0
76.
165
0.0
0.0
48
26.
0.6
Gejen...--..-. 31 coconut milk. ...- <0.1 |<0.1
Kabelle....--. 37 Coulerpa
30
t milk. 2...
88 Helimeda.........|---.--]-----30 coconut crab
O86}
48]
42 tern bone...-_.... 00
43 tern bone._..__... 0.0
Meliz.....---. 4 dogtooth tuns
0.0
muscle,
Rongelap...._. 27 coconut meat__... 00}
28 coconut milk. .._. 00
82 pandanus frutt...l>0.1|
4 papaya meat......>01|
33 squash meat.___-_ >0.1)
00
0.0
0.0
81.
0.0
72,
0.0
67,
July,
Aug.
1955°
0.0
nn.
0.0
2.
Lo
0.0
tively was verified by laboratory experiments.)
Table 25—Sr™ in Biological and Lagoon Bottom
Samples from Rongelap Atoll, October 1955
(AFL)
Jaanxp
June-July
1055°
Rongelap Atoll:
accounted for the major portion of the activity.
(The ability of clams to concentrate Co® selec-
2.
TotaL
ActTIvITY
djm/g*
SaMPte
Rongelap...| Coconut meat.......----..-----
110
Morinds fruit...
Labaredj_..) Arrowroot corm......Kabelle.....| Coconut crab musele..._.
a
40
440
Pandanus frait._...
Coconutcrab liver.....--..---.1,20
Coconut crab salts of carapace...}....-..----Coconut crab cuticle of carapace.|_.......--..
Labaredj...) Giant clam mantle and muscle. 1,700
Giant clam kidney....-.....__-.
5, 200
&, 500
42
Qo
0
ooo
%
on
13|
25]
10.
68.
0.7
8.7
fraction containing mer fa.
particles >0.074 {?
|
61.
depth of water6’,
LO
*Dates of analysis.
12.
50.0
29.0
0
0
Grouperliver.........
Goatfish muscle.......
Labaredj...| Tern muscle........-----.-----Kabelle.....| Lagoon bottom,
15
46
32
29
Bonito bone_...-_.-...---2---2--
Kabelle....- Grouper muscle...
<0.4
<0.2
0
al
6
6
<0.6
2%
78.
ACTIVITY
150
1, 700
300
GO;
0.0
180
Sr,
PERCENT
or ToTaL
rom diameter.
31
61
0
0
Wet weight basis except lagoon bottom which Is on adry weight basis.
Table 26—Radiostrontium in Plants Collected at Rongelap Atoll July 23-24, 1956
Counted September 4, 1956 (AFL)
Pant
TIssur
IstaxD
Breadfruit.
Pulp.
Bongelap--...-......--...
Pandanus.
Arrowroot........---...-----Coconut.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Beed __
Pulp and skin
Milk
Meat.
Milk
Meat
do.
do.
do
do
Kabelle.......-..-..eeecee
do.
Morinda.
Pulp and seed
do
Tota,
B activity
re
d/m/g wet
420
0. 8240.03
7.7
108
262
64.6
36.9
18
2.2206
2. 540.6
0
0
0
0
d/m/g wet
8.41
212401
Lcrum
Cat wet
0. 000628
6.00136
0. 00450
0. 00333
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1.774-0.10
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0. 762-0. 06
1. 482-0. 05
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