TABLE N-9 #1
CESIUM-137 COMPARISONS
Item
Island ®/
(1987)
LLNL °/
(No. samples)
pci/g
pci/g
Drinking
A (3) 4/
R (6)
4.5
3.4
Drinking
coconut juice
A (3)
R (6)
22
1.25
19
1.45
Soil: 0-10 ca
A (3)
R (7)
3.31
11.5
2.43
8.7
10-20 ca
A (1)
R (1)
.48
1.30
.30
.97
R (2)
2.2
muscle
A (2)
1.09
Breadfruit
R (1)
3.8
Arrowroot
R (1)
17.1
20.7
Pandanus
R (1)
21.3
26.2
Pig muscle
R (1)
14.7
13.9
Chicken puscle
R (1)
6.2
6.3
coconut meat
Lime meat
Coconut crab
.47
P&Bc/
®/ A is Ailinginae, R is Rongelap.
b/
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
c/
Dr. Paretzke (Munich) and Dr. Boikat (Brenen)
4/
1 each from Mogiri, Enibuk and Gerea-Knox
69
.60
1.9
96
4.38