the water wen 24.700 d/m/g and the activity due to 113! in ime algpe wae
$0,000, 000 d/m/g
The cuntribution of 1!3! to the total activity of a fis-
sion products mixtere at 10 days ie 6 8 percemt, therefore, aseuming the
Putio to be the same, the activity ta the weter due to 113! wee 1, $80 d/un/g
Thue the cuncestration factor for |'3!' wy me signe was 17.800)
if ucher
ene Nee amennee cote
+ ee
iodine isctopes are coasidered tue figure would prubadly be higher
The role uf iodine in @e physiolegy 1 the algae is eneertain, bu! it hee
nee ar a ee ed
beea detected as mineral iodide (5.6) ce well as the 1c@> amine seid iodetryoeine (3,6)
[1 ia sue graeraily eccepted thet iodine oecers ia Both
forme and that the ratio of the two varies is the different species of signe
(3)
Tre abeorption of 1'3! nas been shown to be asencisted with reapers:
tion (4), since its uptake in Ascophyiium, a brown sign, decreases when
Mitrogea ta used im place of ogygon
The epecimens of agupsis from
Kaiwetot vere collected ia a regica of peundiag curl ent active water muve
we We
+
mem, coedtitens fevoriag mazimum serettoe cad menimem eptaie of pi3:
Come
iu stone
ee;
't Nas been cbeerved from the iaveetigatices follv@ing the weapons tests
at the Pacific Proving Growad that a red eign, Asger agupets taniformis. hae
o remertabte effiasty fur !'3! om tectope with a Ralf life uf 6 14 dayo
It ie
beliewed that the alge mey prove esefel of an iadic ater / redhesctive fallout
os
from aecleer éetoestioas