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Concentration in soil — pCi/g dry weight
.
Fig.

6.

the

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137.
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Correlation of the
Cs concentration in mature coconut

concentration

239,240

Pu

and

241

of

Am >

.
concentration of

L37es

60 Co.

in

the

soil

and

24].

ten times

0.
.
Sr on Bikini

that of

same

leaves with

site.

Average concentrations in the O- to
25-cm portions of the soil profiles

é
239,240,

are combined with measured concentra-

Am, and thirty to forty

times that of 696,

the

PREDICTION OF PLANT UPTAKE

The

Island is usually twice that of

137s

at

tions in plants to predict the uptake

(Table 4). As

of various radionuclides from the

mentioned previously, soil concen-

soil.

trations

relationships from the 1975 Bikini

on

Fneu

are

about

ten

In general,

these plant-s0il

times lower than those on Bikini

survey confirm the results. of previous

Island for all the radionuclides

surveys;

considered.

are often statistically insignificant.

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however,

the relationships

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