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December 30, 1954
W. 8. Boss
RADIOACTIVITY (3ETA) IN FISH TISSUES AT
ROWCELAP ATOLL, MARCH 1953
Ors. Seymour and Heald furnished the following data by telephone.
The oumbers or values are ziven in micro curies/kilogram of wet
tissue.
A.
‘thole Fish
Radioactivity eta) average range is from .J1 in the Zongelap
Island area (southern part of Atoll) to .l near Kebelle Island
(northern end of atoll).
B.
YTlesh of Fish (muscle)
(1) <abelle area (north) average .025
(2) tongelap Island Reef area average .0062
(3) Atoll Lagoon average .015
C.
cc:
They beve yet to find measurable levels of strontium 90 in the fish.
Dr. Dwnhen
Dr. Yolfe
_*- donning
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