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Table 6.
Gross beta radioactivity in uc/kg wet tissue of fishes
from Rongelap Atoll, 1954 through August 1958.
Locality
Date
Kabelle I.
Reef fish
3/26/54
7/16/54
1/29/55
10/21/55
7/24/56
7/18/57
3/3-10/58
8/58
RongelapI.
1/25/55
Reef fish
Lagoonfish
10/22/55
7/23/56
7/17/57
3/7/58
8/58
12/54 and
1/55
10/2224/55
2/283/2/58
8/58
Days
after
3-1-54
Muscle
Liver
Bone
25
146
335
600
877
1236
1470
1630
2.7
.5
. 083
. 026
. 045
.028
. 026
. 0085
200
22
3.2
1.6
1.35
.18
.22
.13
13
2.9
. 49
.12
.36
.074
. 048
.016
331
. 034
2.0
. 60
1.34
. 29
. 054
. 098
.070
45
.021
017
.010
307
. 081
2.1
. 28
602
014
.31
1460
1630
.015
. 0056
O77
.113
601
876
1235
1468
1630
. 009
.097
.020
. 0062
. 0046
. 30
-. 023
0071