TABLE
Summary of Gross Beta and Gamma Activity in Birds and Eggs
Island
Sample
No. of
Samples
Average
Weight
(gy
Radioactivity
Beta
(d/m/sample x 10°4)(d/m/kgx 10-4) (d/m/sample x 10-4) (d/m/kg x 1074)
Rongelap Atoll
Ron gelap
Gejen
Tern
Egg shell
1
6
NDA
0
0.62
10.3
Egg, soft tissue
1
33
0.26
1.9
0.11
3.3
1
92
0,93
10,1
0.32
3.5
1
101
0.38
3.8
0
0.019
0,14
NDA
0
NDA
7.8
5.9
19
0
6.7
Tern
o
f
Kabelle
Ailingnse
Sifo
Viscera
Muscle
1
Tibia
1
NDA
3.3
4.9
1.7
0.43
14,7
36.7
NDA
0
NDA
0.26
1.9
0.11
1.9
21.0
0.9
9.8
NDA
0
145
16.9
0.9
5.3
22.8
1,1
0.1
0.07
NDA
0.15
Term
Muscle
7
1
116
11,7
0.38
0.057
7
Tibla
q
Egg, soft rissue
1
33
2
92
Tern
Muscle
Tibia
Viscera
1
2
2
2
Counted in April-May 1956
0,31
6
19.7
223
0
12
7.7
30
26
1.3
1
1
1
2
2
Viscera
0.25
1.7
0.13
027
0.13
03
Tern
Muscle
Tibia
Egg shell
Egg, soft tissue
Egg shell
Rongerik Atoll
Eniwetak
141
0.025
0.08
NDA
0,04
NDA
0.05
0
2.3
0
0.14
0.06
0,03
0.09
0
10
3.3
1.9