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

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