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Table 14.
Some Radionuclides in Water Samples Collected with a Large~Volume
Filter-Sorption Bed from Bikini Atoll, May 19727
Radionuclide Concentration in pci/m3*
Collection
Location
Liters
Samp led
Fraction
““ Bravo Crater
6006
articulated
3785 51 +3
Particulate
3785
Bokdrolul Pass Particulate
4088
"
1.4+0.6
Bokdrolul Pass Particulate
4921
2.1+0.7
Bikini Island
Particulate
1620
Particulate
2271
Ocean between
Particulate
4898
Bikini and
Soluble
(Bottom)
Solublec
Bravo Crater
(Surface)
Soluble
(Ebb Tide)
Soluble
(Flood Tide)
Soluble
(Seaward Reef) Soluble
Bikini Island
(Lagoon)
Eniwetok®
. Soluble
"
“
"
"
28
Soluble
+8
6.5+1.4
<10
6.0+7.3
NS®
<6
NS
<1.0
NS
1.54+1.5
55.6+1.0
9,2+6.6
NS
97 +44
9.6¢1.3
NS
NS 1,840.9
2.5+ 1.7
NS
2.0+ 0.8
NS
0.76+0.38 1.1+1.1
NS
16 43.7
<2
5.4+1.1
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
.
NS
+60
<22
NS
NS
21 +1
70 +5
<30
3.0+ 0.5 <2.9
NS
NS
241,
0.5+ 0.3 8.2+1.4
6.4+1.2
NS
+11
<12
<2.3
NS
990
27 +2
160
<16
NS
+9
2073,
<20
7,741.0
NS
54
1555,
1,540.8
NS
6.2+5.4
1893 21 +3
"
12 +41
<14
NS
"
Bikini Island Particulate
(Freshwater
well)
"
13764
<?
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
34
NS
+0
a.
Errors are two-sigma, propagated, counting errors.
b.
Particulate ~ that portion retained by the 0.3y filter.
ce.
Soluble ~ that portion which passes through the 0.3» filter and is sorbed by
d.
NS = not significant.
e.
This sample was collected over a six-hour period between the following positions:
The net sample count is leas than the two-sigma, propagated
counting error.
11°29'5" by 164°58'O"E to 11°24'5"N by 164°18'0"E.
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