Table 15.
Strontium-930 leaf-leaf concent ration ratios.
Leaf-Lea fF
BreadFruit
Species
Papaya
Concentration
Ratio
Pandanus
Banana
Messersehmidii
Seaevola
Coconut
Breadfruit
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.5
6.0
Papaya
0.66
1.0
1.3
L.7
2.5
4.0
8.0
Pandanus
0.50
0.77
1.0
1.3
1.8
3.0
6.0
Banana
0.40
0.59
QO.77
1.0
1.4
2.2
4.4
0.29
0.40
0.56
0.71
1.0
1.6
3.2
Seaevotla
0.17
0.25
0.33
0.45
0.63
1.0
2.0
Coconut
0.08
0.12
0.17
Q.23
0.31
0.50
1.0
Messerschnidia
Table 16.
12
Cesium-137 leaf-leaf concentration ratios.
Leaf-Leaf Concentration Ratio
Species
Ponadanus Seaevolta
Mes ser-
schmidia
Coconut
Papaya
Bread-
fruit
Banana
Pandanus
L.0
2.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
10.0
35
Seaevotla
0.50
1.0
2.0
2.5
2.5
5.0
18
Messerschmidta
0.25
0.50
1.0
1.3
1.3
2.4
8.8
Coconut
0.20
0.40
0.80
1.0
1.0
2.0
7.0
Papaya
0.20
0.40
0.80
L.O
1.0
2.0
7.5
Breadfruit
QO.10
QO. 20
0.40
0.50
0.50
1.0
3.8
Banana
0.03
0.06
O.12
0.14
0.13
0.26
1.0
entailing soil removal without first
clean soil,
detailing the area and pathways that
contaminated soil. There would also be
will be involved.
very little impact upon uptake by
For example, the soil profile data
(Appendices A and B)
thus shielding the deeper
plants because
the soil concentration
is essentially identical through the
for Eneu and for
some areas on Bikini indicate that re-
reot zone up to depths of 40 cm.
movalof the top 10 cmof soil should do
However,
there are other areas on
very little to reduce gamma exposure
Bikini Island,
(Appendices A and B,
unless the removed soil is replaced with
locations 501,
502, 503, and 504,
—33-