Table 7.

Soil-to-plant uptake of 906, and U37o6 from plants and soils sampled
at

the

same

location.

Concentration Factor, (pCi/g dryplant)/(pCi/p drysail)
_

705,

137
eg

;

No. of
Samples

Minimum

Maximum

Median

No. of
Samples

2

0.24

0.41

0.33

2

1.3

14

7.4

3

0.48

0.86

0.52

3

2.1

50

3.7

Messerschmidia,

5

0.24

0.86

0.48

5

1.3

50

3.7

Coconut,

mature

7

0.099

0.38

0.16

8

1.]

16

3.0

Coconut,

“fruit”

2

0.024

< 0.018

aa

2

1.4

3.6

2.5

Coconut,

meat

?

< 0.019

0.026

-a

2

7.3

9.8

8.6

Coconut, milk*

2

< 0.0084

< 0.012

-o-

2

0.90

1.4

Pandanus,

mature

5

0.71

2.4

0.91

5

2.9

25

green

]

ane

aH

0.53

1

75

--7

4

0.62

4.0

1.3

4

0. 30

4

0.12

0.85

0.43

4

1.9

2

1.4

2.3

1.8

2

0.79

2.4

1.6

Breadfruit,

1

~~~

---

0.76

1

---

---

7.0

Banana, mature

2

0.48

1.1

0.73

2

0.33

0.54

1

oo

-

“ih

on

7st

26

L

==

---

1

—

---

56

Species, Organ
Seaevola,
leaves

mature

Messerschmidta,
Mature

Maximaim

Median

leaves

Pooled Seaevola &
mature

Minimum

leaves

leaves

15

leaves

Pandanus,
Fruit

Papaya, mature

b

0.054

5.9

3.1

leaves

Papaya,

fruit

jreadfruit, mature

18

8.2

leaves

mature fruit

0.42

leaves

Squash, whole

3.4

plant

Squash,
a

seeds

0.15

.
.
ae
.
.
Coconut milk was measured and reported in pCi/ml wet weight which,
concentration

factor,

was assumed

to equal

pCi/g wet weight.

for coconut milk is in (pCi/g wet weight)/(pCi/g dry soil).
b
.
No data.

-22-

Thus,

.
for calculation of che
the concentration factor

Select target paragraph3