Table A-37. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Taka Island at Taka Atoll.
Food
,
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
24iAm
Coconut crabs
Land crabs
2.50e+00
2.50e+00
2.73e-01
2.73e-01
1.51e-03
1.51e-03
4.80e-04
4.80e-04
Chicken muscle
2.99e-01
2.07e-03
2.30e-05
3.70e-04
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
2.23e-01
1.88e-01
1.40e+00
2.70e+00
9.58e-01
3.82e-02
7.49e-02
3.70e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03
3.40e-04
2.60e-04
6.70e-06
1.70e-05
7.90e-05
4.80e-04
5.70e-04
1.30e-05
9.80e-05
2.10e-05
Pork heart
7.72e-01
2.94e-03
1.90e-05
1.60e-04
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
Pandanus fruit
Pandanus nuts
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
1.50e-02
9.00e-03
2.99e-01
1.41e-01
1.41e-01
4.50e-02
4.08e-01
2.98e-01
4.08e-01
4.00e-04
1.80e-04
2.07e-03
2.41e-02
2.41le-02
5 .45e-04
5 .Q0e-03
5.00e-03
5 .00e-03
1.50e-04
1.50e-04
2.30e-05
2.66e-06
2.66e-06
3.00e-06
-7.10e-06
-7.10e-06
-7.10e-06
2.00e-05
2.00e-05
3.70e-04
6 .06e~-06
6 .06e-06
2.60e-05
4.22e-05
4.22e-05
4.22e-05
Marshallese cake
4.08e-01
5.00e-03
-7.10e-06
4.22e-05
Rainwater
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
3.00e-07
Wellwater
1.80e-04
1.00e-03
7.00e-07
2.50e-07
Malolo
Coffee/tea
7.00e-05
7.00e~05
8.90e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
4.00e-07
3.00e—-07
3.00e-07
NOTE: Value following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, |1.00e-05 is equal
to 1.00 x 1079,
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