43

Table 4.

Radionuclides

Concentrations of tranuranium radionuclides in
Halimeda Algae and Cactus Crater.

Halimeda monile*

24lam (pCi/g dry wt)

2.53 + 0.30

239424 0py (pCi/eg dry wt)

44

18.68 4

0.033

Crater sediment

Table 5,
Crater Water

9.2 + 2.0
82 + 2

238py, 239+240p,

0.54 + 0.03

0.54 + 0,02

24lam, 2394240p,

0.14 + 0.02

0.11 40.02

Plutonium concentrations in the water column at Enewetak Atoll.

116 + 62 fCci/li

0.53% 0.02

December 1972

July 1974

April 1976

39

35
6
4l

16
12,
28

0.12

0.13

0.13

__

0.29

0.57

ee
1.70

1.54
0.27
1.81

0
0.53
1.24

Solubte

OG?

Q,29

Particulate
0.68

0.)
0,73

O. 71
0.50

Mean concentrations in
lagoon water (fFCi/1)
Soluble (< 1 um)
Particulate (> ] um)
Total

Mean ?38pqy, 2890 240py

Water

24lam (Halimeda:
sediment)+ 0.28
239+2450py (Halimeda:
sediment) 0.23

Concentration factor for 239+240py
x

Wet wt:

dry wt

=

=

Sampling time

column

inventory

(mCi/km*)

7.5 x .10" @Ci/kg wet wt per pCi/ke H20.)

Soluble

Particulate

Total

1,84 -

1.65
1,94

0.76
1.33

2.13.

Taverage concentration in 8 water samples from Lhe crater bottom collected between
1974 and 1977,

* oCi/e dry wt Halimeda + pCi/g dry wt sediment.

Lageon Inventory (Ci)
Soluble
Particulate
Total

Water Inventory ~- % of
Sediment Inventory
Water Inventory compared
to top 2,5 cm of sediment
surface (%)
inventory

Total

Water Inventory Compared to
top 16 cm of sediment (%)
inventory
Soluble

Particulate

;
Total

0.14

0.13

0.056

0.023
O.15

0.045
O.10

Select target paragraph3