46 Strontium 89 was found to be quite high in socoanutl or in the juice or sap or whatever they call it. My first thought was the strontium 89 was absorbed through the fronds, but as it was pointed out, that the material appeared in the sap, it seems there was an extremely high uptake of 6 strontium through the roots. 1 NRDL has also made observations in chickens, pigs, 8 fish and so on, and this material is available for the 9 published report. 10 12 in March of the Rongelap natives, Americans in March and 13 April, Japanese in April, 14 alpha, 15 on the pooled samples. and these samples were pooled and beta and gamma breakdowns were observed at Los Alamos note, that there was no uranium or polonium observable, 18 and of the plutonium, the body content is interpreted to be 19 1.6 times 10 to the minus 2 micrograms, or .7 d per m per 20 24 hour sample which in the business is taken to be 21 insignificant, as far as body content is concerned. 22 Gamma studies were made with the counter. This is putting the urine samples in the counter. 24 is a counter prepared as a liquid scintillation counter in * which the total arm can be placed. This orne counter In other words, it is a + “a ateaniqeare] lie CU tears, 23 eR ee 1 ' 5 | The alpha activities, it is rather interesting to 17 anariment cf Dus . ~F urine samples were taken atk. Alderson Reporting Company Washington, D. C, For the content of humans, 16 * O2nai ati. I don't. have any notes here on that. 11 ape As of this moment, Higeereas fags mw “% Aboives uf)