Table A-57. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Jaboerukku Island at Bikar Atoll.
Food
Coconut crabs
Land crabs
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle_
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
137Cs
90Sr
2.50e+00
2.50e+00
2.99e-01
2.23e-01
1.88e-01
1.40e+00
2.70e+00
9.58e-01
7.72e-01
2.00e-02
1.20e~-02
2.99e-01
1.03e--01
1.02e+00
7.47e~-01
1.02e+00
2.73e-01
2.73e-01
2.07e-03
3.82e-02
7.49e-02
3.70e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03
2.94e-03
4.80e-04
2.16e-04
2.07e-03
QO.
QO.
Q.
QO.
Marshallese cake
1.02e+00
Rainwater
Wellwater
7.00e-05
1.80e-04
Malolo
Coffee/tea
239+240Pu
241Am
1.51le-03
1.51e-03
2.30e-05
3.40e-04
2.60e-04
6.70e-06
1.70e-05
7.90e-05
1.90e-05
1.90e-05
1.90e-05
2.30e-05
QO.
0.
QO.
0.
4.80e-04
4.80e-04
3.70e-04
4.80e-04
5.70e-04
1.30e-05
9.80e-05
zZ2.10e-05
1.60e-04
2.50e-05
2.50e-05
3.70e-04
QO.
QO.
0.
QO.
0.
0.
0.
8.90e-05
1.00e-03
4.00e-07
7 .00e-07
3.00e-07
2.50e-07
7.00e-05
8 .90e-05
4,.00e-07
3.00e-07
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
4,00e-07
3.00e-07
NOTE: Value following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, !.00e-05 is equal
to 1.00 x 1079.
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