Table B-1. The concentration of radionuclides in vegetation collected during the 1978 NMIRS
with our most recent trips from 1986 through 1993 on Rongelap Island.
teégether
Bq g-! wet wt.
Food source
N? Minimum Maximum Median
Mean
sD
711x102
611x102
Mean
of logs
SD
logs
137Cg
Dr. coconut meat 433
10x102
Dr. coconut juice 427 33x103
Copra meat
108 28x1i02
Breadfruit
40. 36x102
Pandanus
Limes —
Arrowroot
Squash
Banana
1146 18x102
9 42x10?
5 36x102
214x101
1 1.2x102
54107
2.6x10-1
52x102
23x102
66x10! 86x102
12x10
32102
12x10)
84x10
-18x10
8.4101
10x10!
25x101
2310-1
74x102 56102
54x10! 16x10!)
28x10) 21x«107
12x102 12x102
12x10!
13x10!
7.4@x10-1
-38x100
18x10!
2.9x10-1
-29x100
3.1x102
-24x10
64x10)
5.7x102
2.0x101
21«1071
12x102
68102
9.0x108
19101
10101
00x10
22100
29x10
-19x100
-16x10
-44x10
5.49x10-1
1.4101
9.4x 10-1
5410-1
0.qx 100
Sr.
Dr.coconut meat
Dr. coconut juice
Copra meat
Pandanus
Breadfruit
Arrowroot
14
3
84x10°
23x105
1.1x10°
5.2x105
25x104
34x105
33104
3.7x10°5
25x104
15x105
-82x10
-1.0x10!
634x101
44x10-1
16x103
2.4x103
20x103
2.0103
5.5104
62x10
24x10!
12 3.1x104 91x104 48x104
1385x104 7.0x102 67x103
2
1
26x103
26103
26x108
52x104
15x102
246x108
1.9x104
21x102
0.0«10
-7.6x10
-51x109
-60x109
3.410"!
14100.
0.@x10°
239+240 py
Dr.coconutmeat
9
Copra meat
9
Dr. coconut juice
Pandanus
Breadfruit
Arrowroot
13x10-7 33x106 87x10-7
12x106 11x106
-14x10!
14x10
2
95x10-7
10x10
98x107
98x10? 53x108
-14x10!
54x10°
8
1
1.7x107
600x107
444x106
60x10?
1.1x106
60x10?
16106
60x10’
-14x10!)
-14x10!
13x10
0.8 «100
1
5.6x107 46x10% 111x106
26x105
26x105 26x105
117x106 114x106
15x106
0.0x 100
246x105 0.0x100
-14x101
-11x10!1
7.x 10-1
0.8100
241Am
Dr.coconut meat
Dr. coconut juice
Copra meat
Pandanus
Breadfruit
Arrowroot
9 3.4x108 35x106 5.0x107
14x106
14x106
3 4.4x10-7 16x106 78x10" 9310-7
5.9x107
6 3.2x10-7 12x106 86x10”
3.0x10-7
11
4310-7
56x106
18106
21x10
1 74x10-7
113x105
74x107
13x105
7.4x10-7
13x105
74x10-7
13105
Note: Specific activity is decay corrected to 1995.
N@ = the number of composite samples.
81x107
16x10
00x10
00x10
-14x10!)
15x10
-14x10!
6$«10-!
-14x10!
4%x10-!
-13x10!
-14x10!
-11x10l
738x101
0}»x 100
0x10