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 I{-35