Tatie 22
Soli-mature 12a concentration lfacrors calcuiatea from associated”
and 'nonassociated” iata.
Tencentration factor.
“oCi, =
arv diant)
Associated
Nucilide
species
Sr, [oaevora
Nonassociated
Mo.
or
No.
or
samples
samples
fin
“sCi/z dry soil)
Max
Median
Min
Max
Median
-
2
”
5.24
0.41
0.33
4
9.048
4.3
,
1.8
coconut
7
9.099
0.38
0.16
15
0.041
0.74
0.29
“os, Scaevola
2
2.3
14
7.5
4
0.073.
“leg, coconut
S82
16
3.0
“390, coconut
=}
SiO
-40pn, coconut
4
)~—Ssi«O1—S—«i2L—Ssi.015—ia12~Ss*é‘i ZL
29.
a
”
705,
V4
a
“
ar
a
‘
250.53
7.7
1g
2.6
~=—S—i«<‘2z«COZD_—sd.0158-s22—S—«<0086——‘<‘ KSC
.
:
39
.
=SsiS
S08
:
Plant and soil data sampled from the same site.
Sprant and soil data sampled from different sites in the same general area.
soncentrations expected in the terres-
age Eneu-Bikini soil concentrations.
trial food products.
Since most of the animal diet consists
The results are
of vegeration and a certain amount of
listed in Table 23.
soil, this rarioing procedure should
During the June survey, a fully
zrown pig and two chickens that were
sredict reasonable concentrations for
born in and raised on Bikini Island
domestic animals raised on Eneu.
were obtained for analysis.
The pig
Although coconut crabs were not
and chickens roamed freely around the
collected during the June 1975 survey,
island, so the radionuclide concentra-
they were collected during previous
tions in these animals reflect their
visits to the islands.
integrated diet.
listed for coconut crab in Table 23
Ingestion via the
were determined from data from collec-
meat pathway can be estimated by the
analysis of these samples.
The values
The esti-
tions in 1969, 1972, and 1974, 9*3t+32
Concentrations in food products after
mates of the radionuclide concentra-
tion expected in meat on Eneu were
June 1975 are calculated assuming that
determined by multiplving the concen-
the only loss of radionuclides from
trations in the meat samples from
the environment is the result of the
3ikini Island by the ratio of the aver-
Dhysical decay of each radionuclide.
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