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APPENDIX G
Radloactivity of Soils and Sand
Table 3.
Values expressed in thousands of d/n/g
pete and
__Island
elap Atoll
Rongelap,A
Kabelle
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on
a
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2
gi
Area
Activity
soil - 200 yards
from lagoon near
top 3 inches
3-6
"
15.8
0.762
area
soil near above
.
top 3 inches
23.0
mid-island, open
sample, level
“—
7 4
otal
Sample Depth
grassy area
lagoon sand from
3-6
"
0.416
1.83
6 feet of water
Labared Jj
soil - SW part of
island 100 yards
in from lagoon,
top 3 inches
3-6
"
9.59
0.554
open area
near above sample
top 3 inches
10 feet west of
well, near vil-
top 3 inches
3-6
under a tree
10/22/55
Rongelap
lage, level grassy
3-6
25.3
"
0.231
3.67
0.808
area
under papaya trees top 3 inches
near schoolhouse, 3-6
4.6
1.46
rocky soil
sand from anchor
chain, 2 miles off
Rongelap Island,
in lagoon at depth
of 150 feet
1.64
.
a
sand from bottom
_.
7.346
of well, water
depth 16 inches
he
-Mpes Atoll
*
23/55
mogiet
soil
2.54
sand from anchor
0.739
off Mogiri Island,
in lagoon at depth
of 150 feet
xt atte
.
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