The
areas
southeast
and northwest
of the runway
plantinq
in the same ~manner as Bikini.
Coconut,
arrowroot,
(Table
2).
by the
Laboratory
Table
and pandanus
In addition,
coconut
of Radiation
were
samples
crabs
Ecoloqy
Coconut
meat
21
Coconut
milk
23
of the University
in Food
28t
.08
Located
Aerokoj,
causeways
OBOE
connected
to Bikdrin
radiation
areas
only
Aerokoj.
scrap
to the
were
these
trees
No pandanus
two
complex
and
islands
~r?c once with
- ROGER
islands
or less
in excess
islands.
Gamma
on the complex
or arrowroot
11
side
of it.
and are
The measured
background
over
all
of these
was
found
showed
of scrap
found
was found.
with wan-made
are contiguous
spectroscopy
were
of five
(BIKDP.IN)
of 30 ~R/hr
in the few pieces
consists
Eneman
on each
5) by a causewav.
10 ~R/hr
reading
this
Lele,
(AEROKOJLOL)
(Fiqure
radionuclide
coconut
Bikdrin,
4 the first
levels
near
contaminating
The
Bikdrin
by Figure
No radioactive
reef
of the atoll.
(AEROKOJ ) - PETER
indicated
ganma
side
water
COMPLEX
Aerokojlol.
connecting
0.42
0.4
(ENEMAN)
on the southern
islands,
As
- TARE
(AEROKOJ)
Island
14 ~ 0.24
*data from reference number i.
_
lPr&pared by grinding, rinsing three times ~~ith salt
fresh water.
(Marshal lese method of r)reparation)
OBOE
Eneu
l~7cs-1967*
0.7
Arrowroott
sanpled
of Washington.
from
87
Pandanus
ar,d a:,alyzed
life were
137(-s
Sample
stri’ppeti For
collected
and marine
‘]OSr Concentration
Mean 137Cs and
(pCi/g wet weight)
2.
were
on the land or
60Co to be the
metal
on the
islands.
east
fwnd.
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