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”

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