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RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
HEN #2
HEN #39
Hen #36
HEN #35
Hen?
HEN #24
Day 23
Day 23
Day 14
Day 97
Day 121
Day 138
Day 159
Day 24
Day 24
Day70
Day107
Day 122
Day 140
Day159
HEN #1
Day of death**.
Beta
Tissue
Gamma| Beta Gamma| Beta
Gamma Beta
7600 3850
11030 6800
190k
8180 4610
11900 66900
a2 ok
Gizzard {content}
Orop.
Intestine (1) and contents
Intestine (6) and contents.
198
vw
46
8
253
3070
34
70
20
3.0
3.0
-
215.5 50
3120 *350
3283
8&5 76)
140
79. —|
—{|
63
_
-
%
00
4.0
20
19
90]
20
Lol
2
42 100)
Le 4.5
107 3.7
163 7.6
T
117
057
Om
387
4,3
600
1.7
103
75°
122
140
84
-~
-
-
~
Lo
-
Gamma! Beta
Gamma} Bets
695
138
1930 8800
1272
41°07
—
09
0.43 6.0
0.63 10.0
«4.0
16
—
016
-
0
Gamma/ Bets
14.9 124]
56 43]
0.9 0.2
=
~~
Gamma
0.2
0.79
168
-
AVERAGE
‘WEIGHT
@
Bera
(d/m/sample
x10“)
Rooster... ..------------------+---
Bkeleton
Muscle.
Liver.
tract.
tract.
i
2, 250
560
1,050
185
192
32
52
5.1
a8
24
02
Gamma
(d/m/kg
X10-4+)
(d/m/sample
X10)
8
101
49
42
128
a7
69
16
94
04
(d/m/kg
x10)
181
a6
a7
49.0
W.4
60.5
62.9
a.
54
3
10
3.6
05
Total activity.
07
0.15
0.03
0.32
0.08
0.03
1.84
® As determined on basis of 010s
end
and
*Date of collection: February 1956, Date of counting: Apr-May 1956.
July 1956
SPECIMEN
17
3B
ca
32.0
21.7
62.0
.
0.15
61
0.04
0.27
0.08
0.02
35.5
18
10.2
2
18.6
38.0
Ca/sample
(gm)
6420-23
315-462
367424
0.333
6. 316
6.353
545419
453:400
470227
bi9
9.50
10548
2725
a
Bre
24545 d/mjefwet.
8.0.
Osrcrom
1714-9 mgig wet.-...-.
b Does not include head, femurs,tibise and viscera.
4 AFL.
8.0.
d/m Sr%/
sample
$26.0 1,210-439
41,0 5, 7024110
*NRDL.
RADIOACTIVITY®
No. oF
SAMPLES
WET
WricutT
44,7
62.5]
823)
2femurhalves,
Table 39-—-Summary of Gross Beta and Gamma Activity in Rongelap Island Animals (NRDL)*
SAMPLE
-
0.93
0.83
=
-
**Day post detonation,
*Caleulated using ratio of gamms activity skcletonjtibia.
37
February 1956 *
SPECIMEN
332 84
343)
437 9217.8
“454
107 1.8
13.5)
36 06
7.9
08
0
12
0
45
03
809 0.20
107
64]
060
-}
-
INTERNAL CONTAMINATION OF ANIMALS
Table 40—Analysis of Rats and a Rooster Collected on Island of Rongelap
Table 38—Beta and GammaActivity of Chickens From Rongelap (uc x 10‘)
od
© Dry weightof