Im this table the plus or
Sos the purpose
of comparing the radioactivity of
“to
Gevistion.
minus values are based on standerd
Sanplesat the test site with
islands,
velues for Bikini
samples from the
Island have been
“off-site”
included in Table
itjio
The results cf the semiquantitative analyses of gamma
Spectra of samples collected in 1956 and 1356 are given in
Appendix Table L; results of quanticative analyses for some
of the 1958 sanples are given in Table 3.
also
includes
the
The latter table
results of the 3r20 analyses.
The samples
wece not analyzed immediately after ccllection;:
consequently
the short-lived radioisotopes which might have been oresent st
the time of collection are not inc Luded:. i che resuite.
DISCUSSION
The highest levels of gross petu radioactivity
found in samples of
cucumber muscle
Atolls
algae.
fish
from Ujelany,
(Table 2),
Wotho,
of
similar
low,
aamnles
and sea
Utirik and Rongerik
which are only cne hundred to three hundred
miles from the test site; however,
and milk were
liver and muscle,
were
even at
Fro-
th-
the levels in coconut meat
these atoll3.
=
+t
an
The
racioactivity
s
o