Table 222,
Comparison of radionuclides in surface air (fCi/m?) on Enewetak,
Livermore, California, and Balboa, Panama.
Remainder of
Enewetak
YVONNE
"Be
< 49-193
<6-116
54Mn
<0,.6-2.1
<0. 14-4.0
9554
<0.4-0.42
0.03-0.3
0.005-0.4
55-5, 5
NDET?
0. 29-3.4
-
125¢,
<0, 27-0, 27
NDET
0, 04-0. 23
-
106,
<0. 9-2.6
<0.2-1.6
0.14-2.9
-
137 os
<0.49-0. 82
<0.04-2.5
0.63-3.2
144 0,
<2,5-3.7
<0, 22-1.9
0.24-3.1
0.7-11.2
239,240,
<9. 03-2.6
<0,001-0,025
0.01-0.03
<0.001-0,030
2385,
<0.04-0.13
<0,0028-0.008
0.001-0.005
<0.001-0.003
0°
241am
<0, 3-0. 30%
1972
Balboa, Panama,
9°N 79°W,
Nuclide
103pu
Atoll
Livermore,
Calif. ,
90-250
43-143°
-
NDET
1972-1973
-
<0.9+8.5
0.09-1.7
NDET
NDET
“Detected only one sample.
DNot detected.
“Oct. -Dec, 1972 range.
238
Pu,
239
Pu,
and
24
tam in air could be
taken between November 28 and December
Wind speeds were almost
from either local resuspension or from
19,
worldwide fallout.
always greater than 10 knots and often
A comparison of
1972,
activity levels at Enewetak with those ob-
greater than 20 knots at all sampling
served at Livermore,
locations,
California,
and
In addition, frequent light
Balboa, Panama is shown in Table 222,
rain showers served to keep the ground
It appears that, with the exception of the
Surface damp.
single sample on which 5.5 fCi/m® of
climatological data which have been nub-
103 Ru was observed, the only airborne
lished for Enewetak and Kwajalein,
radionuclides present at levels consist-
apparent that December represents a
ently higher than those at the other two
fairly average month as far as total rain-
locations were the Pu-Am species on
fall and rainfall frequency are concerned,
YVONNE, a result not too surprising, .
while average windspeeds are higher than
‘considering the known soil contamination
Table 223 presents
[t is
those observed most of the year.
levels on that island.
Radioactive Scrap and Buried Debris
Of the 32 air samples, four were
Holmes and Narver, Inc., as part of
taken in October 1972 before typhoon
the engincering survey they conducted
Olga struck, and the remainder were
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