Table 7
Archival Soil Results Compared to Thermonuclear Fission and Bikini Ash Results
Nuc lide
Archival
Soil
Value at
Ronge lap
pci g 44
A
(# of Samples)
0.5 Da
Ratio of A
to Measured
Gross Beta
Activity
in Soil
B
Bikini
Ash Value
at 0.5 Day
pci gia
c
Ratio of C
to Total
Bikini Ash
Activity
D
Hypothetical Ratio of
Nuclide Activity to
Total Activity for
Thermonuc lear
Fiesion of 238y
E
Soil Result
Compared to
Therwonuclear Fission
Soil
Result Compared to
Bikini Ash
B/E
B/D
Result
Result
Bikini Ash Result
Compared to
Thermonuclear Fission
Result
D/E
Ronge lap
1256,
1.51109
54x10!
3.5x10~6
4.6x1076
129)
2.1x1073> 2.6x107106
7.021075
5x1 0712
3.5x10712
74,6
58.6
1.3
Ie,
6.2210!
7.6x10-6
1 1102
7.141076
5.521076
Led
Let
1.3
155e,,
6.8x100
—B.3x10-7
1.1xr0l
7.121077
9.6x1077
0.87
1.2
0.74
52.6
37.
1.4
-
9T
-
(n=13)
(n24)
(n=23)
(n=16)
1.8x1077
Uririk
c
0.039
0.051
0.76
129)
1.421045 6.7x10-10b
7, 7x1076
1.8x10711
1.3x107!1
137¢,
2.0x100
9.5x10-6
1. 2x1 0!
2.71075
2.11075
0.45
0.35
1.3
135,
2.5107!
1.2x10-6
1.2100
2.7x1076
3.6x1076
0.33
0.44
0.75
(n® 14)
(n#13)
(n=2)
®Multiply by 0.037 to obtain Bq g@!.
alues have a standard deviation of +9002.
CValues at 1.5 days for Utirik reaults.