APPENDIX

TABLE

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Some Radionuclides in Soil Collected on Bigen Istand
Ailuk Atoll, September 1976

Radionuclide Concentration in pCi/g, dry?
Collection

Location
.

Site #1

"

Soil

.

Depth (cm)

137Cs

238y

0-2.5

1.2 20.15

ns

0.70+0.11

ns

2.5-5

b

"

5-10

0.530.171

0.92 0.33

"

10-15

0.35+0.08

ns

"

15-25

0.18+0.06

ns

"

25-35

ns

ons

Site #2
"
:

Site #3
"

Site #4
"

895,

0.540. 36

0.41+0.09

ns

5-10

0.21+0.07

ns

0-2.5

1.1 40.13

ns

0.7740.11

ns

5-10

0.38+40.09

ns

2392240

0-2.5

0.84+0.12

ns

3°Sr

1.6 40.17

ns

1.2 40.13

0.9840.74

2.5-5

"

2399240by

0.9140.13

2.5-5

"

“

0-2.5

Other

2.5-5
5-10

2399240py

995n

0.098+0.018

0.56 +0.16

3.8

+0.6

0.27 40.12

0 ,056+0.008
0.41 +0.14

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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