TABLE

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Some Radionuclides in Soil Collected on Ailuk Island,
Ailuk Atoll, September 1976

— Collection
Location

Site #1
"
"

Soil
Depth (cm)

Radionuclide Concentration in pCi/g, dry?
137Cs5
z3ey
Other

0-2.5
2.5-5
5-10

0.4810.09
0.28+0.08
0.23+0.08

1.2 40.84
0.62+0.34
1.4 40.36

"
"

15-25
25-35

0.0740.03
0.05+0.04

ns
ns

"

35-50

ns

ns

"

50-75

ns

ns

"

"

10-15

75-100

0.4440.24

0.73+0.12

0.66+0.39

2.5-5

0.32+0.08

0.16+0.05

ns

0.52+0.32

Site #3
"
"

0-2.5
2.5-5
5-10

ns
0.07+0.04
0.18+0.07

ns
0.95+0.28
ns

Site #4
"

0-2.5
2.5-5

0.98+0.12
0.12+0.05

0.6540. 29
0.4340. 31

"

"

0-2.5
5-10

"

5-10

ns

0-2.5
2.5-5
5-10

0.61+0.11
0.22+0.06
0.10+0.04

Site #6
J"

0-2.5
2.5-5

0.22+0.07
0.19+0.07

5-10

XY

ns

Site #5
"
"

oo

Sr 0.7740.22

ns>

0.15*0.07

ns

Site #2

Ww

APPENDIX

ns

0.68+0.33
ns
0.62+0.31
-

0.6840.38
0.8140. 32

%°Sr 0.27+0.14

ns

a.

The error values for all radionuclides are two-sigma, propagated, counting
errors for a single sample.

b.

ns = not significant; the net sample count is less than the two-sigma, propagated
.
counting error.

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