ee

the greatest likelihood of the presence of plutonium.

The

values given in Table 14, therefore, probably are maximum values
for each type of sample.

239,240

The ratios of

Pu

to

238

Pu

approach 2:1 at Eniman I. and are about 15:1 in Bravo Crater.
Bikini I.

soils contained no detectable 23854,

239,240

contained the highest concentration of

.

analyzed.

The presence of

239,240),

and

although they
P u of the samples

207.

.

.

:

Bi in goatfish viscera

is consistent and probably results from direct ingestion of fine
.

‘

.

.

particles of sediment during feeding.

The absence of

238
—

‘

Pu in

goatfish viscera as compared with the sediment merely reflects
a low concentration of this radionuclide,

below the limits of

detection.
Although none of the 1969 samples were analyzed for the
X-ray emitter O3n4,

this radionuclide was found in concentrations

of 80 d/m/g dry weight in Bravo Crater sediment collected in
1967

(Beasley and Held, 1969).

Nickel-63 is of particular interest

aS a tracer since it has a half-life of 92 years.

‘

the clam kidney accumulates

63__,

Ni,

.

as it does

60

Co,

In addition,

--

.

and is there-

ergy

of En
meiant
rtor
past
n’s Office
ce of 63 Ni. Deui
fore an indicator organism for the presen

Another long-lived radionuclide,

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Ag, with a half-life

of approximately 100 years, has been identified for the first
time among the radionuclides at Bikini.

This radionuclide was

detected from the gamma-ray spectrum of the hepatopancreas of -

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