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

'

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