Table 5. Concentrations of 239,240), in Bikini fish (combined data for fish muscle and eviscerated whole fish) and invertebrates; the sign "<" denotes the detection limit for that sample; actual concentration was somewhere below this limit. No. of fish Species 239,240, per sample pCi/kg wet Data from Ref. No. Surgeon fish 3 <0.45 13 Surgeon fish 1 8.1 13 Convict surgeon 39 <0.45 13 Convict surgeon 4 12.6 13 Convict surgeon 1 4.5 13 Convict surgeon 4 7.7 13 Panulirus (lobster) 8 <0.4 14 Grapsus (crab) 5 1.7 = 0.5 14 in fish at Bikini Atoll is 2.2 pCi/kg New York shellfish and fish of wet weight. 0.011 pCi/kg and 0.0016 pCi/kg wet Concentrations in in- vertebrate muscle average 1 pCi/kg. weight, respectively. If we assume an average daily intake annual intake of plutonium from New of 600 g (or 219 ke/yr),2> the total York marine products would be annual plutonium intake would be 0.024 pCi. 482 pCi. take through the marine food pathway For comparison, the data listed The total Thus, the plutonium in- in Bikini is 2 x 10° the intake in Table 3 show a concentration in through the same pathway in New York. Intake Concentrations Compared with Excreted Concentrations Since surface soil concentrations are The estimated annual intake of plutonium through various pathways much higher at Bikini than in New is given in Table 6. York, and the material resuspended With the pos~ sible exception of the inhalation by a person in his immediate environ- pathway, available data indicate that ment may be more important than open- all exposure pathways will contribute air plutonium concentrations for a higher plutonium body burden to estimating intake by inhalation, we Bikinians than to New York residents. believe that the plutonium intake via -l1l- Wm go 073) ie ks se ae a