Table 222,
Comparison of radionuclides in surface air (fCi/m?) on Enewetak,
Livermore, California, and Balboa, Panama.
Livermore,
Calif, ,
Balboa, Panama,
S°N 79°W,
< 6-116
90-250
43-143°
<0.4-0,42
0, 03-0.3
0.005-0.4
5 545. 5?
NDET?
0,29-3.4
-
1253,
<0. 27-0. 272
NDET
0. 04-0, 23
-
1062,
<0, 9-2.6
<0, 2-1.6
0. 14-2. 9
-
137 Os
<0.49-0, 82
<0. 04-2. 5
0.63-3.2
144 a6
<2,5-3.7
<0. 22-1.9
0.24-3.1
239,240,
<0.03-2.6
<0.001-0,025
0.01-0.05
<0.001-0.030
238,
<0.04-0.13
<0.0028-0.008
0.001-0.005
<0.001-0.003
Nuclide
YVONNE
"Be
|
54Mn
< 49-193
<0.6-2.1
9555
103py
0°
24.ay
<0, 3-0. 30
Remainder of
Enewetak
Atoll
<0. 14-4. 0
1972
-
NDET
1972-1973
-
<0. 9-8. 5
0.09-1.7
0.7-11.2
NDET
NDET
“Detected only one sample.
Not detected,
“Oct. -Dec. 1972 range.
238
Pu,
229
Pu,
and
241
Am in air could be
taken between November 28 and December
from either local resuspension or from
19, 1972.
worldwide fallout.
always greater than 10 knots and often
A comparison of
Wind speeds were aimost
activitv levels at Enewetak with those ob-
greater than 20 knots at all sampling
served at Livermore,
locations.
Balboa,
California, and
In addition, frequent light
rain showers served to keep the ground
Panama is shown in Table 222,
It appears that, with the exception of the
surface damp.
Table 223 presents
Single sample on which 5.5 fCi/m* of
climatological data which have been pub-
103 Ru was observed, the only airborne
lished for Enewetak and Kwajalein.
radionuclides present at levels consist-
apparent that December represents a
ently higher than those at the other two
fairly average month as far as total rain-
locations were the Pu-Am species on
fall and rainfall frequency are concerned,
YVONNE, a result not too surprising,
while average windspeeds are higher than
considering the known soil contamination
those observed most of the vear.
It is
levels on that island.
Of the 32 air samples, four were
Radioactive Scrap and Buried Debris
taken in October 1972 before typhoon
Holmes and Narver, Inc., as part of
Olga struck, and the remainder were
the engineering survey they conducted
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