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TABLE NINE
Distribution of Gross Beta and Gamma Activity in Tissues of Fish
Wet
Island
Fish
Rongelap Atoll, South
Rongelap
Ronge lap
WL
Goat
Grouper
6
¥
6
218
8.8
15.5
7,0
10,6
Average
Per cent of total activity
—_
Radioactivity (d/m/tissue x 10°4)
Total
®
452
(NRDL
5.2
100
5.7
100
Skin
Head
%
6
¥
0,2
2.4
0.45
0.3
1.3
63
4.2
12,1
0.4
0,3
Muscle
wee
eee
_
Bone
Gill
—_
Viscera
BY
BF
S$
¥ BY
3.3
110
2.1
1.6
2.7
0.6
262
2,0
0.8
1.3
1.8
7
0,5
1
8.8
18,7
11.2
12.1
21.0
25.2
7.0
§.5
0.8
0.7
0.4
0.5
1.4
2.6
0.3
4.9
2.8
4
21
12.1
47.7
19.6
0.3
1.9
1.4
Rongelap Atoll, North
Gejen
Kabelle
Kabelle
7
Snapper
Snapper
Parrot
1154
735
1957
Average
Per cent of total activity
26.3
87,0
1.0
1.0
1,1
11,2
8.9
4.5
8.0
6.6
24.7
1.9
20.9
5.4
1,0
"2.4
16,8
0,7
6.6
2.4
1,0
15,7
4.4
23.4
1,7
2.1
6.1
15.9
21,1
58,9
1.0
10,6
6.5
15.8
2.9
8,0
5,0
14,5
1,0
2.0
4,7
10,3
4.8
17.3
30.8
25.9
13.7
13,1
23,7
23.7
4.8
3.3
22.3
16.9
0.3
5.9
0.7
9.9
0.6
6.2
0.5
10.6
0,1
2.7
0.9
3.6
9.7
15.2
22.5
25.4
19.3 15.9
16.1
27.2
3.2
1.0
29.0
9.4
12.3
24.8
100
18,5
11.3
100
11,8
0.5
0,8
1,1
2.7
2.9
§.0
6,3
8,8
Ailingnae Atoll
Sifo
©
Snapper
640
Per cent of total activity
3.2
10C
38.9
100
Rongerik Atoll
Eniwetak
Squirrel
387
Per cent of total activiry
Utirik Atoll
Utirik
Parrot
425
Per cent of total activity
0.41
100
2.0
100
02
4.9
.35
17.3
023
55
255
27.2
04
9.8
27
13.4
06
14.6
39
19.3
02
4,9
.08
4,0
04 0.4
9.8
18.8
.
0.66
100
0,87
100
0
24
0
0
27.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
08
10.3
15
622
22.7 25.3
23
«0138
19,7 15.0
04
0
4.6
38 6,2
57.5
17.2
Likiep Atoll
Likiep
Snapper
453
Per cent of total activity
1,1
100
2.2
100
302
0.9
0.1
0.9
9
9
9
o
i
2
9
9
0
0
0
0
91
90