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, 108m ARCHIVES 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 - 50024b0