Sears nee ESL EP Psd SS ty vy ge a a - Ea eR “g hoy oe tnaya tie ad ty ce Tage Sly Sete Fn * oe , Radioceriua-Prascodyuiun in Biologicalseeples frau oo” Island . : " Rongelap Atoll Deceader 1958-January 1955. Total Activity - Organism Rongelap Atoll In gample d cetHhpps Per gram /An* wet sample d ~ "Ber gram Per sample Per = wet sample =. . gample net c/nt# d/ntew- Ge jen #31 coconut milk 27,000 270 3 0 Kabelle #37 Caulerpa 21,000 700 #30 coconut milk 9,900 99 8, 300 8,200 15,000 15,000 3 oO #39 coconut crab 28,000 1,100 160 7,200 296 61 280 100 15,000 3,000 2,300 4,200 4,100 41 “T 500 500 130 130 56 54 22 12 #28 coconut milk 4,900 #32 pandanus fruit 18,000 9 200 6 61 A - 3 #34 papaya meat " " 7,000 160 oy " 37,000 320 ' | ih #38 Halimeda Labaredj Mellu Rongelap “ord w muscle #41 mullet muscle ‘ A - Sa #29 coconut milk ? ’ 2 tern bone | 43 tern bone O dogtooth tuna muscle #27 coconut meat " #33 squash meat " " ,200 »700 9 +3 o 280 64 110 2,200 9 - 4,000 ° 140 130 . 87 21 15 9.8 100 150 150 140 270 260 270 460 2ho 410 * Mme gram of ashed sample used except for #43 for which 0.3 gram was used. “## Average values for blank determinations were 16, 23, and 25. 3 Q factor 73 to 76 percent. ### Date of analysis: July-August, 1955. i 0 500 500 0 0 72 oO 11 4,1 1.0 11 HAS B4O 800 0 oO 3 3 0.14 0.19 0.98 1.1 1.7 1.5 28 =, S oO 28 26 0.6 <0.4 <0.2 0.7 6,1 5.8 3.7 4.0 1.0 3.6 . 0 O Radiochemical yield Values corrected to Octgber 1955, except #42 and #43 which are corrected to July 1955. Percent '