TABLE 8a

Summary of the Gross Beta and Gamma Activity in Birds and Fowl

Island and

Specimen

No. of

Wet Weight

2

163

Specimens

Rongelap
Gejen

- Terns
Gut

(g)

Carcass
'

2

115

10

10

197

290

253

415

13

Tibia

23

Muscle

22

Carcass

242

2

300

146

Gut

114

Tibia
Rongelap - Rooster
Skeleton
Muscle
Viscera
Liver
Heart
Skin

Y

184

Gut

Larkaredj - Terns

B

46

Tibia

Kabelle - Terns

Activity(ue x 104/TissueX*)

1

Lung

6

133

148

37

_29

_4

6800
260
166
29
8
.
16

8270
120
§1
6
2
18

143

1140
268
434
64
144
16
151

9

wpa?

—2
71281

41

—
8479

Rongerik Atoll
Eniwe ax- Terns

Gut

fc)

2

10

Tibia

6

Muscle

33

Carcass

9

NDA

14

126

294

9
6

3
1

175

317

Bikar Atoll

Bikar

-

Terns
Gut
Tibia

Muscle

2

126

woe

Carcass

(a)
(b)

pe are in terms of Co’” equivalent.
No detectable activity.

(c)

No data taken.

Collections made about February 1, 1955.

Data reported as of March 1, 1955.

-

40

14

_i4

4

69

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