Table I.

Radioisotopes Present in Plankton Collected soon after
Fallout

Per cent of

Isotope

Half life

total radioactivity

Bomb debris

Np 239

2.3 days

69

y237

6.8 days

3

Fission products

Mo29-T¢99™

66 hours

12

Te 132_7132

77 hours

8

Ru 103-Rpt03

40 days

Rul05-Rpl05

36 hours?)

Ru106-Ry106

‘

3

1 year

Ba!40.1,,140

12.8 days

2

Cel4i-p,yi4l

33 days

2

65 days

]

285 days

<1

Zr95-Nb95

|

Cel44_pyl44

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