“' fable 2.
|
Ixron-55 c stent in goatfish (Mulloi
chthys, sp.)
and soil samples from Rongelap Atoll.
are in parentheses;
Sample numbers
stable Fe and ne are expressed
/ per kilogram of wet tissue or per kilogram dry soil.
.
Location
.
-
:
.
Sample
Collection
date
Kabelle Islet Liver (7)
“"Rongelap Islet Liver (10)
Kabelle Islet
Liver (71)
Stable
Fe
(g)
:
- Biological Samples
_
55
Fe
(uci) *
.
Rongelap Islet Liver (20)
Content
55
Fe
Fe
(uci)
g
;
September 1959
4.04
0.98
4.1
September 1961
0.68
0.76
0.9
March
1.40 39.15.12
1963
August
1963
2.49
0.37
6.7
™
Soils
Kabelle Islet
Soil
(0-2.5 cm)
August
7 1959
0.24
Kabelle Islet
Soil (0-2.5 cm)
August
1963
0.06
. Rongelap Islet Soil (0-2.5 cm)
Rongelap Islet Soil
(0-2.5 em)
March
August
.
1959 0.05
1963
0.006
* Sample counting times were arranged to determine S56 in biological
samples to + 5 per cent at the 95 per cent confidence level (2¢);
soil samples to + 5-20 per cent at the 67 per cent confidence
level (lo). Stable Fe determination, + 10 per cent at the 67
per cent confidence level (1¢).
collection date.
Activities are corrected to