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42
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
Table 42—Radioactivity by Tissues of Yellowfin Tuna and Shark from the “TROLL” and Other
Areas. Values in Disintegrations per Minute per Gram Wet Weight
AREA
Date
|No.or|
Pug
8mN
Liout
Dang Bone Em-!|
Musc_e Muactzg
VERt.
19,16
10,10
4H
10, 21
18
as
9
9, 22
10
4,9
70
1348
8
78 foe
Liver
17
10.
10, 22
ll
0
&
6]
10
18.
10.
236
2820
9
272
13
80
32
18
Rongelap._-...--.---.--
1-20-55
1
87
Eniwetok....-.-.-.----
1-1-4
1
1320
10
19
4
0
q
nH
3
8
18
2
4
142 joo fee eee eee
126 |_..----...
191
178 |__---22.--
1B
|
90
6.
742 |. 22-0222 - [eee n ee eens
(Cartilage)
16 |..-....----H
0
Qm.
§
13,16
2
10
Gonap
0,4
G0
101
G.I.
Tract
(Eidney)
19
18
8
Q
$B
#0
Carcharhinus.
menisorrab.
leone ene Jee eee eee eee
9
4
52
56
7
O71
2670)
39
2B
|. .- - -.-]- - 2-2
|...
18900
8B3 je...
Carcharhinns
melanopterus.
Table 43—Observed Values of the Radioactivity of Tissues of Reef Fishes by Area and Species from
the “TROLL” Collections, Values in Disintegrations per Minute per Gram Wet Weight
Surgeon
Squirrel
-{
48, 16, 45, 20, 38...
29, 0, 10, 35, 0...
16, 12, 14, 10, 7. --27, &, 36, 0. .....|-------.---------35, 5, 72, 15, 307.-|]-.----.--- eee eee
76, 47, 47, 87, 65_.|.-..----.----+- +++
12, 14, 16, 12, 11.
10, 32, 39, 42, 0...
70, 68, 58, 62, 53_.
33, 28, 31, 10, 18..
Siganid
Blenny
18,22_...
17, H.-..
5,33...
86, 51-...
387, 280...
10, 18, 4.--.....
194,1 60, 144, 184,
an
Snepper
23
17
14
19
340
18, 18, 0, 14, 18.
16, 15, 9, 12, 14...
38, 30, 17, 0, 172...
36, 65, 08, 138, 81
10, 12, 9, 79, 132. _
18, 17, 16, 0, &.--.
21, 6, 12, 6, 10...32,0, 12, 18, 30.
6, 0, O, 19, 82. ._18, 0, 12......---
82, 25, 44, 12, 7...
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