Table 4.

Alpha Emitting Nuclides in Soil - Eneman (pCi/g air-dried weight)

Nuclide

100 wR/hr area

500 uR/hr area

239, 2405,

27

410

238,

1]

220

24

2

40

UNCLE (ENIDRIK)
The island of Enidrik is located west of Eneman on the southern rim of

the atoll (Figure 8).

The northwest end of the island is heavily

vegetated and showed background radiation levels of 100 to 300 uR/hr
over most of the area.

The central portion of the island consists of coral rubble overgrown
by ipomoea vines and the background radiation levels are generally
10 uR/hr or tess.

Progressing toward the narrow eastern end of the

island the vegetative cover remains thin.

Two large sandy areas,

devoid of vegetation, dominate this end.

Background levels remain

at 10 uR/hr or less over the great majority of the eastern end.

No coconut trees were found on the island.

A few scattered mature

pandanus were seen, and one small grove of immature pandanus was
located on the western end.

One arrowroot sample was taken at this

last location where the background was 250 uwR/hr.

The

'37Cs concentra-

tion in the arrowroot was 0.2 pCi/g (wet weight) after processing as

previously described.

A soil sample taken in a 300 uR/hr area showed #°2"Rh, 137Cs, and 6°Co
to be the major gamma emitting contaminants (78%, 14%, and 8% respectively
by concentration).
Only a few pieces of radioactive debris were found and these were
removed for burial at sea.

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