INTERNAL DEPOSITION PADLONTCLIDES t and the analysis at fo nier ths represents ar is od radiological decay Vlas rue result. are or directly comparable +o those cbta ned fram aio mals which were retures biological turnover vo well w Rengelap people was, however, only a "oat tant found i the animals, . oe tuonths post detonation. the alkaline tyscotsprised ess than 2 percent of the total were operating. The largest fractio 1 of toe wross beta acta th in the fish was contriouted oy the concentration in each poetiary Plowever. tore this point. was considerably greater aie that oof the lane ie form 1. large -taple item in the diet of she Viarshatlese, the bil level of contaminat a < beta and gamma ac ity per 24 hours was: ,~ percent of the value neasi:e it the startoar 3 days post detonation Fip 7 3 Analysis of pig evcret: reseated © rue at decrease of activity web tine Tina heweeb period, the gamma uti ty excreted per 24 hours decreased to woont tivity excreted at de day > percent of the pest detonation The excreta of the oigs frond Uarik contai ed Jess than 10 percent of the cross beta actiy t: found in the excreta ofthe pigs from Ror ees u at the same time, “Tas ratio af Sd owas approx imately the same racio feud oerween che tivity of the food. wouter 4 eeoab siummples of he two locations, Radiochemical Apaiust fosemes aad toy ereta. Radiochemic th ondy-ts of po ge tise ies indicated that 62 percent of cae sketetal bet. ACTIVITY Was derived fron i> percent feor Bat?land 10 pereens fron cher ore earth grein: at SZ days post det onary Panie os radioisotopic COMP Csit or time was similar te tha distribution ef vet oy of of ue he pr oe Phe of hele mers fo othe ys he as 12t percent) and * Autoradiographs Yo oumber of vutoradiographs of the tibiae tfemiurs of tf chiek. f pigs. 1 reoster and 2 mportant At the end of a 2lo inunth experimental! period, the excretion by cue chickens of both The balanee of the activity was chiefly by Art Coral vet vats The contamnnation of foe ashoin the lageor AX The rare dee oot the teh. strontium, barimim and the rorrethsecoutr pated only vbout 10 percent of Further stud escucrestot show di clar fe animals studied. (Table 5.10). ” io oercent). About 50 percent of the Stern found 4 othe viscera of the fish was Pactace eart! croup. Very >mall amounts In the steor tom and barmaum were found. storage of these tein ormimadidelhyde fen months may futwve permatied one uithusion of the rndioelements fron: he ie to musele to take place. the «lam ftoap constituted 23 percent of the total tr onted uienats of ety th frutios. “s+ Ho of radioactive mater a: on he viscera Tat ve of the fish in which tones ne misele were sep were found J represent the distribution in human beings. soosolite amonnt of internal contamination coves und an wh et s ad dogi atten as arated and anaivsea. equi SI /ckens were prepared both at the USN RDI in :ou the Argonne National Laboratory 4 Ni, to determine the pattern of deposition if heron products. Contact printing on X-ray s~ceen tha was found to be the most satisrors uetaed of preparmng the autoradioob . be fl eis wy ‘ The do seussion and conclusions prete) below summarize the findings reported “oopbys ray, Py gutoridiowraph ot at bie from a chicken reed it fa cays post detonation (Fig. 5.2) vated a celarvely uniform: distribution of roy ty chronghout most of the bone, with Snest Coneertration of activity in the ares eeent oo he apiplivsts. This area of high oy cotrespenids to an wren of dense trabe- ar Topp P's tihet ane fermi of a babs chick, which © Poutadeoushy $0 days post detonation, reese Poe dens est eomeenrratron of ridione- poo itert an the diaphyst. (Fig. 5.3). The pedens of tae bone, which were dard down rove unddas were removed from the conHeder viraoment. were relatively lacking Ptoary The resion of createst activity wits Poapave se. whirl appeared to be ab-