Table 2.
Coot

Concentrations of *Yx, 0UCo, “YSr, and '/'Cs in Food ?Lants Collected on Bikini
Istand fn November 197]

tote

Colloerion

Tigsue

Lettuce

Papaya #1

date

encire

March 1972

Fruit

March 1972

Frure

November 1971

Seeds

"

"

“

Toconue
Jt
Coconut
"
Coconut
Coconut
"

'

November 1971

#2
#
#4

Coconut #5
"
Coconut

.

Meat
Milk
Fronds (old)

Fronds (new)

Novemver
Noverber
November
November
November
November
November

L971
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971

November 1971
November 1971
November 1971

November 1971

*
git
qoee
ref,
Ll.

7

ts
o

roobtiv

320

NS

16On f

72

0, 13+0.12

140+ L

line 2
290% 1

+2

NS

200+ 1

3,471.5

NS

12

0,052.03

L.ork.3
3,971.9
4,4+2.1
4,342.5
11 ~4
2,5+2.0
3,0+1.8

14

71+ 0.4

d34
Liut
110+
100+
147+
LO0+
77+

NS
NS
NS

+5

0.5
0.7
1
1
1
0.3
0.6

NAS

+3

360

tr O09

2200

+ 2.2

190

+1.9

Na
NA
0.88+ 0.04
< 22
NA
NA
NA

270+ 2°
33+ 0.3
310+ 3

NS

+25

wi
69 +4

dm4

xS
us
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS

15 x6
2,141.3
7.0+5.0

:

wot

US
NS

7,549.6

Leaves

Meac
Milk
Meat
“Milk
Meat
Meat
Milk

+2

+3

4 4
23043

November 1971

(fibrous)

#l

17)

Fruit

aE

oe

3L

Marth 1372
March 1972

(edible)

ind March 1972"

7.ito.d

March 1972,

reaya cto eds
"
Fruit
2andanus

.

NA
NA
NA

220+ 2

NA

13

The error cerms for 40, 8000, and
"Gs are twoesigma, propagated, counting errors.
.
errors for
Sr are one-sigma, propagated, counting errors.
NS = noc significant.
The net sample count is less than the two-sigma, propagated,
counting error,
Sa = not analyzed.

Table 3,

Collection

location

Some Radionuclides in Wacer Samples Collecred with a Large Volume Filter Sorption Bed

Liters

Fraction

Sampied

Solubled
Particulate

3785
3785

Bokdrolul Pass Particulate

4088

Brave Crater

(bottom)
Bravo Crater
(surface)

Particulate*

3785

Soluble

3785

(ebb tide)

Soluble

4088

(flood tide)

Soluble

4921

Bokdrolul Pass Particulate
Bikini Island

Particulate

(se iward reef) Soluble

Stai.i Island

articulate

(Lagoon)

Soluble

Bikini and

Soluble

Ocean between

Enewetak9

Bikini Island

(freshwater
well) |

The

28 «+8
6.5+1.4

<10

6.0+7,3

1,440.6

1620

1.5+1,5

1620

6.2+5.4

2271

9.2+6.6

1893

1893

13lCs

120

<6

NS

21

54

+3

+9

NS

<1.0

NS

NS

4228u

97

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

.

1

+3.7

<22

NS

5.441.1

<2.9

1.8+0.9
NS

2.0+ 0.8
NS

NS

v.76+ 0.38
NS

NS
NS

<7

NS

+5

<30
8.2+1.4

2.54 1.7

NS

<2

70)

NS

NS
NS

oot

+2

3.04 0.5

1.5+0.8

7,741.0
+i

<12

£2.3

NS

207a5

160 +il
0.5+ 0.3

6.441,2

NS

990 +60

27

<16

NS

21

=u

<20
9.6+1.3

NS

S.crl,0
NS

+l

<14 +
NSO

NS

4898

.

+3

2,140.7

4898

Particulate

Soluble

—_—*¥Co

51

4921

«2/1

Particulate

from Bikini Atoll, Mav 1972”
Radionuclide concentration in pci/m>”

NS

Leltisd
NS

NS

NS

NS

34 +0

“see ref. LL.
Errors are twoesigma, propagated, counting errors.
Particulate--chat portion retained by the 0.3 u filter.
Ssoluble--thae portion which passes through the 0.3 u filter and is sorbed by che Al,O, beds.
tNS--not significane.
The net sample count is less than the two-sigma, propagated cOuftcing error,

“This sample was collected over a 6 hr period between the following positions:

164°58'0". E co 1192415" N by 16401810" E,

11°29'5" by

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