Table A-50. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Eniwetak Island at Rongerik Atoll.
Food
137Cs
g0Sr
239+240Pu
241Am
Coconut crabs
2.50e+00
2.73e-01
1.51e-03
4.80e-04
Land crabs
Chickgn muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
2.50e+00
2.99e-01
2.23e-01
1.88e-01
1.40e+00
2.70e+00
9.58e-01
2.73e-01
2.07e~03
3.82e~-02
7.49e-02
3.70e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03
1.51e-03
2.30e-05
3.40e—04
2.60e-04
6.70e-06
1.70e-05
7.90e-05
4.80e-04
3.70e-04
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
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
Sprouting coconut
1.50e-02
9.00e-03
2.99e-01
3.89e+00
1.27e+00
4.20e+00
3.07e+00
4.20e+00
2.72e+00
5 .00e-04
2.25e-04
2.07e-03
5.55e-02
4.46e-03
2.19e-02
2.19e-02
2.19e-02
2.19e-02
6.50e-05
6.50e-05
2.30e-05
1.76e~-04
1.02e-04
4.31e~-05
4.31e-05
4.31e~05
4.31e-05
1.30e-05
1,.30e-05
3.70e-04
1.00e-04
1.10e-04
3.50e-05
3.50e-05
3.50e-05
3.50e-05
Marshallese cake
Rainwater
4.20e+00
7.00e-05
2.19e-02
8.90e-05
4.31e-05
4.00e~-07
3.50e-05
3.00e-07
Malolo
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
3.00e-07
Coffee/tea
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
NOTE: Value following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, 1.00e-05 is equal
to 1.00 x 107.
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