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GROSS ACTIVITY
Table 12—Summary of Gross Beta and GammaActivity in Birds and Eggs *
IsLaNpD
SAMPLE
Rongelap Atoll:
Rongelap__.._-..__--
Tern;
Egg shell_._.......-_.Egg, soft tissue..___..Gejen.__._.._.-____-- Tern..._.--__.-_--_.-_-.
Viscera....-..--------Muscle. ..._---..--.-.Tibia._...-.-..._----..
Kabelle..__.-.----.-- Tern._.._...._.._.--__.Muscle... __ wae eeeneeee
Tibia. .-.._---.------.
Egg shell...--.__--..-Egg, soft tissue..--._-Aflinginae Atoll:
Bifo_.... 2-2
No. or
SAMPLES
AVERAGE
WEIGHT
(z)
1
6
I
33
1
92
1
101
1
141
1 io .---. eee
1
145
1
16.9
1
0.9
2
5.3
2
22.8
Tern_....--.. --..--..--
7
Musele...__. ...0--..--
7
116
11.7
Beta
(d/m/sample 10-4) (d/m/kg X10)
NDA
0. 26
0.93
0.38
NDA
NDA
1.1
0.1
0.07
NDA
0. 15
0
7.9
10.1
3.8
0
0
7.8
5.9
79
0
6.7
Gamma
(d/m/samplex10~) (d/m/kg 10-4)
0. 62
0.11
0.32
0. 025
0.019
NDA
1.7
0.13
@. 027
0.13
0.3
0.38
3.3
1.7
14.7
4.9
0.43
36.7
—_—
7
0. 08
_
0.14
Tibia... .._.-2.2-...--
7
0.31
NDA
0
NDA
Egg shell__.____- ae
1
6
NDA
0
0, 06
Muscle..... ..-.-.----
Tibia_......---------Viscera_.....----------
2
23
1
1
33
0. 26
2
92
1.9
2
19.7
0.04
NDA
6.05
= As determined on basis of U:O8 standards and empirical scattering and absorption corrections.
*Counted in April-May 1956.
427792—57-——_4
10,3
3.3
3.5
0.25
0.14
0
12
2.7
30
26
1.3
0. O57
Viseera_..._...._---_--
Ege, soft tissue..____-_
Rongertk Ato:
Eniwetak_....--_-.. Tern_.._--..- eens nelle
fo een nee
RADIOACTIVITY *
7.9
21.0
2
0
—_—
0.11
0.9
0
10
3.3
9.8
0. 03
1.9
NDA
6.08
0
~_—