The areas southeast and northwest of the runway were stripped for
planting jn <ne same manner as Bikini.
Coconut, drrowroot, and pandanus samples were collected and analyzed
(Table 2}.
In addition, coconut crabs and marine life were sampled
by the Laboratory of Radiation Ecology of the University of Washington.
Table 2.
Mean }3’Cs and
%9Sr Concentration in Food from Eneu Island
(pCi/g wet weight)
Sample
132s
Coconut meat
2|
Coconut milk
23
Pandanus
87
Arrowroot™
39Sr
137€s-]967*
.08
28 + 0.42
14 + 0.24
0.7
0.4
*Data from.reference number 2.
‘Prepared by grinding, rinsing three times with salt water and once with
fresh water.
(Marshallese method of preparation)
OBOE (AEROKOJ) - TARE (ENEMAN) COMPLEX
Located on the southern side of the atoll. this complex consists of five
istands, Aerokoj, Aerokojlol. Bikdrin, Lele, and Eneman with man-made
causeways connecting Bikdrin to the islands on each side of it.
OBOE (AEROKOJ) - PETER (AEROKOJLOL) - ROGER (BIKDRIN)
As indicated by Figure 4 the first two islands are contiguous and are
connected to Bikdrin (Fiqure 5) by a causeway.
The measured background
gamma radiation levels were 10 yR/hr or less over all of these islands.
No radioactive scrap reading in excess of 30 pR/hr was found on the lJand or
reef areas near these islands.
Gamma spectroscopy showed ©°Co to be the
contaminating radionuclide in the few pieces of scrap metal found.
The only coconut trees on the complex were found on the east end of
Aerokoj.
No pandanus or arrowroot was found.
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