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,

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