TABLE 8a

- Summary of the Gross Beta and GammaActivity in Birds and Fowl

island and

No. of

Specimens

Specimen

Wet Weight
(g)

Activity(uc x 10*/Tissue}*
Y

B

Rongelap Atoll
Gejen

- Terns

2

Gut
Tibia

163

46
10

Carcass

.

Kabelle - Terns
Gut

(

2

184

Muscle

2

300

146 -

114

|

1

1140 268
434

Viscera

Liver

Lung

8
16

2
18

2

6

—2

8479

tc)

10
6

Carcass

_

Bikar Atoll

[01200

8270
120

41

15—
187

Muscle

(a)
(b)
(c)

6800
260

143

51

Tibia

Muscle
Carcass

37

_4

29

Gut

Terns
Gut
Tibia

148

166

Rongerik Atoll

-

6

133

_29

7281

2

9

npa)

64

144

Heart
Skin

Bikar

415

22

Tibia

Eniwe ad~ Terns

253

242

Larbaredj - Terns
Gut

Skeleton
Muscle

290

23

Carcass

Rongelap - Rooster

197

13

Tibia

115 .
10

2

126

~ Ne

Collections made about February 1,
Data reported as of March 1, 1955.

33

4

126

294

175

317

9
6

3
1

40
_i4
69

pe are in terms of Coev equivalent.
No detectable activity.
No data taken.

1995+

9
NDA

14
14
32

.
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