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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

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