TABLE 29
Radiochemical Analysis of Biological Specimens from Rongelap Atoll (NRDL)
Sample
No
Sampl
ple
Tiss
issue
Wet
Wt,
.
Ca
me)
Beta Activity
.
(d/m sample)
cg)
By 10-4
29S
RO
GammaActivity
(d/m/sample
Nuclide
x 1074)
Nuclide Activity
(d/m/,ample
x 10°4)
Per Cent of
Total
Activity
i
Sunshine
Unitsla
j
Rongeiap [sland
1502
GoatFish
Bone
1.5
217
rE.)
$190
zn85
4
/
Viscera
10
37.5
4.9
2.8
.
R.E.
28
337
0.2
2.4
Muscle
87
111
1.1
2.1
(a) Sunshine Unit = 0,001 pe Sr90/kg Ca,
(>) R.E. = Rare Earth Group
(c) NDA = No Detectable Activity
114 1,7
240
6.88
0
7.3
89
0,14
$190
NDA
50
89.3
R.E.
2.5
12.5
zn65
Skin
pale)
s190
_Zn65
0.34 + 0,26
230
0
1,7
95.8
R.E.
NDA
0
zn65
190
90.6
gr90
0.46 + 0,76
0.4
587 + 90
0
45 + 34
189 + 313
(Continued)