Table III.

Radioisotopes Present in Plankton Collected soon
after Fallout

Isotope

Half life

Per cent of

total radioactivity

Bomb debris

Np239

2.3 days

69

y237

6.8 days

3

Fission products

Mo99-T¢99m

66 hours

12

Te 132-1132

77 hours

8

Rul93-Rp103

40 days

Rul05_pp,105

36 hours?)

Ru106_Rp106

3

il year

Bal40-7,a140

12.8 days

2

Cel4i1_p,141

33 days

2

Zr95-Np95

65 days

1

285 days

<1

Cel44_p,144

100+

1) Data from Lowman (1960); average value for six samples
collected less than 48 hours post shot; fallout from one

detonation; Rehoboth survey (1958)
2) Half life of daughter

Select target paragraph3