Table
5
Predominant Radionuclides in Mullet Collected in the Marshall Islands, December 1974 and April 1975
Radionuclide concentration in pCi/g, dry*
Atoll
Island
Tissue
OOF
Bikini
"
Eneu
Nam
Entire (37073)
Evisc. whole (37085)
na>
9.1+0.2
17 +1.5
5.3+1.4
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Rongelap
"
"
"
"
"
60...
VW37o.,
4,441.5
7.941.9
4, 3+2.0
6.7+2.]
4.7+2.0
6 +0.9
4,241.6
7.94+1.3
4.4+1.2
0.38+0.10
2.0 +0.1
4,2 +0.2
0.82+0.14
3.0 +0.2
1.4 40.2
4.7 +0.2
3.5 +0.1
16
+0.8
1.9 +0.1
11
+0.
0.30+0.10
0.32+0.06
na
0.12+0.01
0.43+0.10
0.1440.07
0.28+0.08
0.32+0.09
0.57+0.09
0.1240.06
0.7340. 22
0.72+0.08
1.7 +0.11
2.6 +0.2
<0.12
1.1 +0.1
<0.15
1.5 +0.2
0.1840.07
na
<0.12
na
<0.13
2.7 +0.4
239 2405
0.024+0.004
<0.002
Viscera (37086)°
Evisc. whole (37091)
Viscera (37092)
Evise. whole (37093)
Viscera (37094)
Evisc. whole (30380)
Viscera (30381)
Evisc. whole (30382)
Viscera (30383)
Lukuen
"
Evisc. whole (37143)
Viscera (37142)
na
na
10 +1.0
5.4+0.7
0.15+0.07
0.25+0.05
0.0940.06
0.18+0.05
"
"
"
Viscera (37226)
Evisc. whole (37227)
Viscera (37228)
na
na
na
5.8+1.0
9.140.9
9,542.8
ns
0.19+0.06
0.73+0.22
0.2240.07.
0.25+0.06
0.82+0.20
1.3 +0.2
0.12+0.03
0.3540.12
na
na
na
0.04+0.02
<0.005
na
na
Evisc. whole (37225)
na
4.7+2.1
0.86+0.15
ns6
Rongerik
"
Eniwetak
"
Evisc. whole (37231)
Viscera (37232)
na
na
6.0+0.8
9.441.4
ns
ns
ns
0.1340.09
Utirik
Utirik
Entire (30440)
na
5.2+1.5
ns
0.43+0.08
a.
90...
"
Enidrik
"
"
"
Bikini
"
"
"
Kabelle
100 =+0.6
6.9+0.2
64 +0.8
4,5+0.2
63 +0.6
10 +0.2
33 +0.4
11 +0.2
82 +0.2
40,
1.2 +0.1
na
5.6 +0.6
<0.002
0.94 +0.10
0.007+0.002
1.4 +0.2
<0.02
na
<Q.05
na
0.034+0.004
0.69 +0.08
na
na
nis the number of samples used to compute the mean. Single sample (n=1)
errors are two-sigma, propagated, counting errors, whereas the error for
more than one (n>1) sample is one standard deviation of the mean.
b.
“,
ev
na = not analyzed; ns = not significant.
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