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Table 6
Mean concentration of
90
Sr and/or |
37
Cs in plants,
coconut crabs, and surface soil from Bikini Atoll,
1964-1975.
Collection
Sample type
Location
Collection
Date
Number of
Samples
Radionuclide
concentration
pci/g, dry
1376,
90,
Pandanus, leaves
"
"
"
"
Bikini I.
"
"
1964
1972
1974-5
several
2
4
290
280
510
120
NA
150
Coconut, leaves
"
"
"
"
Bikini I.
"
"
1964
1972
1974-5
several
8
14
140
430
160
NA
NA
13
Coconut crab, muscle
"
"
"
"
Bikini I.
"
"
1964
1969
1974
]
6
1
940
760
380
55
50
16
Coconut crab, exoskeleton
"
"
"
"
Bikini I.
"
"
1964
1969
1974
}
6
1
190
130
70
2300
1400
1600
Soil, 0-1 inch
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Bikini I.
"
"
"
"
"
1964
1967
1969
1970
1972
1974-5
2
3
3
50
3
15
920
540
1200
160
80
110
930
NA
520
NA
NA
130
Soil, 0-1 inch
"
"
"
"
"
"
Nam I.
"
"
1964
1969
1972
1974
2
1
4
5
200
63
130
270
137¢s
Mullet, muscle
"evisc. whole
"evisc. whole
"~evisc. whole
Nam I.
"
"
"
1964
1969
1972
1974
b
b
b
b
6.4
0.8
0.7
0.3
98
12
9
2
Noddy tern, muscle
"
"
"
"
Nam I.
Oroken
Nam I.
1964
1969
1974
b
b
b
0.5
<.]
11
4
0.9
a.
These data were taken from the following reports:
Collection Date
1964
b.
NA
18
NA
390
60¢9
1967, 1969, 1970
1972
1974-5
Report
Welander, et al., 1967
Held, 1971
Lynch et al., 1975
This report
Composite sample of several individuals
DOE ARCHIV
ES