Table 3. Resuspension data for high and low resuspension conditions on Bikini and Enewetak Atolls (224py),
Location
.
Surface
description
Dust
aerosol
(ug m-3)
Plutonium
aerosol
concentration
(Bq m-3)
Suspended Surface soil
soil
plutonium
Personal
activity
activity Enhancement enhancement
(Bq ¢-})
(Bq g-!)
factor (EF)®
Total
enhancement
factor (PEF)
factor (TEF)
Normal “background”
Bikini
Bikini
Enjebib
Bikini
Coconut grove
Stabilized bare soil
Vegetated field
In and around house,
light work
18
21
22
21
2.2
9.8
8.9
9.8
0.12
0.47
040
0.47
+
+
+
+
O30
O57
090
O57
=
+=
=
=
0.40
082
0.44
0.82
1.1
2.6
=
=
1.9
=
0,44
2.2
.
15
1.8
+
0570
=
3.1
0.92
=
29
1.0
=
25
Unusualconditions
Bikini
Field, freshly tilled
136
239
Enjebib
Garden, freshly tilled
275
0.90
4.4
Enjebib
Garden, 1 wk.after tilled —
113
0.90
2.6
Bikini
Road with traffic
28
16
0.38
+ O11
j=
25
Enjebib
Downwindof road
40
1.3
0.56
4 Calculated by assuming 34 ug m-3 sea spray that has been verified by measurementon Bikini.
b Enjebi Island, Enewetak Atoll.