the plankton samples taken in the water of the lagoon had
ratios af

.01,

two near the edge had ratios of

.M2 and

the

sample at P-27, which is directly in the flow of open sea
water through which you pass into the Lagoon, had a ratio
of

3,

The plankton samples analyzed thus far also reflect the
levels of activity in the water mass in which the plankton
were collected.

The concentration factors calculated on

the basis of amounts of pu239,240 in the water and in a
corresponding weight of plankton were remarkably uniform.
The concentration factors ranged from 2.4 x in? to

Plankton samnles analyzed thus far averaged 3 x 104 x
These

concentration factors appear to he high by approximately a
factor of 19 over those generally reported in the literature.

9005932

os

ef
&
——

3.6 x 104 and the average concentration factor for the

the concentration of the radionuclides in the water.

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