36
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM NUCLEAR TESTS
Table 38—Beta and GammaActivity of Chickens From Rongelap (uc x 104)
HEN #1
HEN #2
HEN #39
HEN #36
HEN #35
HEN #7
HEN #24
Day of death**_.....--..--.------
Day 23
Day 23
Day 74
Day 97
Day 125
Day 138
Day 159
Day analyzed**..___--.-----...--
Day 24
Day 24
Day 79
Day 107
Day 122
Day 140
Day 159
Tissue
Beta
Gamma| Beta
Gamma|/ Beta
Gamma! Beta
Tibia_.....---.-.----.-..--------7600
3850
8180 ©4610
133
605
Skeleton_._...--..---------------11030 55800
11900 66900
1030
8600
Liver..---.-..-.-----------------119
21
352271
12
72
Gizzard.._-..--..---------.------|.----------~-----|--- .-----------4.1
iT
Gizzard (content) -..------..--..-|----~--~---+-----{--- e+e ee
0.93
_~
Crop...----.------ ee eee ee ee fee eee
Intestine (L) and contents_......_|.....--.------.-|---.-+---------Intestine (8) and contents__..__._|..--.---------.-)--. -----------Pancreas..--.---.-.--------------}----+----------- |e eee ene
Spleen .--.-------------------- ne eee fee eee ee
Kidney--._.-----------------------
198
46
Lungs (Alveoli)..----..----------
17
23
|.--.--.---------
043
Gamma; Beta
253
*3670
34
7.9
_
5.0
215.5
58
3120)
*850
32
33
8.5
7.6
14
_—
2.0
0.63
L6
0. 16
_—
10.6
4.0
_
_
3.0
3.0
_
1.0
Gamma; Beta
79
6.3
41.3 31.3
600
«=*454
17.7
18.6
10.3
7.9
7.5
12
=
_
_
oad
_
_
_
Gammaj Beta
12,2
03
Gamma
3a, 2
&1
437
*117.5
10.7
1.8
3.6
0.6
0
0.3
45
oO
14.0
$4
—
_
10.7
89
0.29
64 Ju. 2-1. -ee
_
0.75 0
_
0. 26
-
1.17
9.0
9.0
142
100
14.9
124
0.79
0. 23
0. 57
4.0
2.0
14
4.5
5.6
43
16.8
0. 83
Trachea... ..-_--. we ene we fone eee fee Coenen ee
0. 24
2.0
1.0
10.7
3.7
0.9
0.2
_
_
Turbinates_...-...--.-.------ wee peewee eee eee ee [eee ee eee eee ee
3.87
19
15.3
7.6
_
_
_
-
0
26
*Calculated using ratio of gammaactivity skeleton/tibla,
22
**Day post detonation,
Table 39—Summary of Gross Beta and GammaActivity in Rongelap Island Animals (NRDL)*
—
RaDIOACTIVITY *®
SAMPLE
No. or
SAMPLES
AVERAGE
WEIGHT
(g)
BETA
(d/m/sample
<i}
Rooster_...-----Skeleton. .---.
Muscle....--.
Gastrointestinal tract....__...
Liver. .-----Respiratory tract.--.-----.---
1
2,250
(d/m/kg
10-4)
(d/m/sample|
107-4)
(d/m/kg
x10)
|..-._--..--.--|--~----------- |e eee ee fee eee
cee nee eee
560
wane ne eee
1, 050
5.1
4.9
6.9
6.6
ween eee eee
185
0.8
4.3
1.6
8.7
ween cee eee
192
2.4
12.5
9.4
49.0
ween ene eee
32
0.2
8,7
0.4
17.4
119,30
fio. -----e
Total activity._.--_ wenn eee ween een [eee ee nee ene
Rats. ---.-.------Skeleton. _..__
Head__.__--_Muscle...- -Gastrointestinal tract __._____Liver.....--..
Respiratory tract... -....-.-.-
GaMMa
4
62,9
52
60.5
93
fie... ---. .e
101
181
)._--__.._--__-|_-. 222. a f-. eee Jee e- eee eee
wen nee
4.1
0.73
179
0,18
35, 5
wanes enee _
5.4
0.15
36
0.1
18
wees eee eee
oes cone
ween eae ee
39
10
3.6
0, 03
G, 32
0.08
7.6
32.0
21.7
0. 04
0. 27
0. 06
10.2
237
15.6
woe eee nee
0.5
0.03
62.0
0. 02
36.0
0. 64
[-..--.--------
Total activity...-.--..------ ween eee eee fone eee eee ee
1.34
[_-------- 2 ee
* As determined on basis of U0 standards and empirical scattering and absorption correction,
*Date of collection: February 1956, Date of counting: Apr-May 1956.