Table A-25. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Wotho Island at Wotho Atoll.
Food
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
241Am
Coconut crabs
Land crabs
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
2.50e+00
2.50e+00
1.06e-01
1.03e-01
6.74e-02
6.60e-01
6.14e-01
2.73e-01
2.73e-01
1.89e-04
9.53e-04
5.16e-03
7.60e-05
2.52e-03
1.51e-03
1.51e-03
2.70e-05
1.30e-04
4.10e-04
6 .70e-06
1.70e-05
4.80e-04
4.80e-04
1.30e-03
2.10e-04
3.00e-04
2.40e-06
9.80e-05
Pork liver
Pork heart
3.80e-01
7.72e-01
9.00e-04
2.94e-03
7.90e-05
1.90e-05
2.10e-05
1.60e—-04
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
Pandanus fruit
Breadfruit
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
1.40e-02
8.40e-03
1.06e-01
2.08e-01
8.70e-02
3.80e-02
3.37e-01
2.46e-01
3.37e-01
2.00e-04
9.00e-05
1.89e—-04
3.13e-02
2.89e-03
3.67e-04
7.50e-04
7.50e-04
7.50e-04
5 .50e-05
5.50e-05
2.70e-05
1.48e-05
5.35e-06
1.00e-05
1.90e-05
1.90e-05
1.90e-05
1.20e-05
1.20e-05
1.30e-03
1.70e-05
5.70e-06
1.50e-05
2.40e-05
2.40e-05
2.40e-05
Marshallese cake
3.37e-01
7.50e-04
1.90e-05
2.40e-05
Papaya
5.21e-01
0.
0.
0.
Rainwater
Wellwater
7.00e-05
1.80e-04
8.90e-05
1.00e-03
4.00e~-07
7.00e-07
3.00e-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 107’.
A~26