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

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