Table 18
Iron-55 in Biological Samples Collected at
Bikini Atoll, June 1969
Average Values
Common
Name
Tissue
or Organ
Bikini I.
Surgeon
Whole
(Eviscerated)
2
52
18-85
Eneu I.
Goat fish
Whole
(Eviscerated)
2
81
74-87
Bikini I.
Mullet
Viscera
3
108
416
199
391-442
148-250
Eneu I.
Goatfish
"
2
1250
828-1670
Nam IL.
"
"
Mullet
Surgeon
Goat fish
"
"
"
3
3
2
237
297
526
122-348
239-404
366-686
Eneu IL.
Grouper
Muscle
4
13
7.7-18
"
"
Goat fish
Surgeon
No. of
Samples
pCi/g dry
Collection
Site
"
"
2
2
Ave.
Range
22-228
Nam I.
"
"
1
38
Eneu I.
"
Liver
4
14,700
9,090-25,600
29
8.5-62
3
1
210
116
72-214
16
334
108-867
2,950
915
1,290-3,630
374
75-894
Eneu Pass
Yellowfin
tuna
"
"
Ulua
Dogtooth
"
Yellowfin
"
"
Ulua
Dogtooth
Light Muscle
"
"
"
"
16
tuna
tuna
Dark muscle
"
"
"
"
3
1
tuna
"
"
"
Yellowfin
tuna
Ulua
Dogtooth
Liver
16
"
"
3
1
23,400
1,528
8,190-40,900
Muscle
3
5.2
2.4-9 .4
. tuna
Bikini I.
Coconut
crab
40
ow”