INTERNAL

DEPOSITION

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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

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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

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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

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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

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be

fl eis
wy

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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
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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-

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