TABLE l-A
RADIOACTIVITY OF PRG OPEN SEA AREA WATERS
Approx Depth
GeomaRays Enitted per Minutever Liter(cenr/l)of Sea Water
Stations
Salinity for
in moters
Surfece 0
50
100
125
150
200
- 250
6
7
4131
47h
250
300
oo
500
609
809
8
9
435
£0
-45°]
40°)
130]
3h0
210;
300
400
90;
1,000
1,200
1,400
2,009
3,000
4,000
12h0
535}
280}
h1O}
740
ib
267| 220] 263 300
260
«| 3504
340
855}
32
as.
1h80
870
580}
580
334
330
120
120
300
375
BohtonDepth 3560]4300 4696
392
2201
£60
§200 5200 5100
29
Ste. 29 (Zo)
340
60
260
180
460]
180
34.55 Zo
34.58
120
£0
399
350
659
4,10
90
6
5h0
490
99
7
110
220
470
25
500
40
40}
314
370
12G]
k7O
810}
35.02
35-25
35.42
34.58
37h
410;
29}
BuO}
635
34 hl
34.60
34.58
34-59
34.55 |
34.00
34.63
350}
520
1.435
[boo
B92;
520!
4300 | 3400
}4800
140
535
34-43
3h 259
TABLE 1-5
RACIOSOTIVITY OF LAGOOS WATERS
Station
Bikini Atoll, £mru Isiend
8
"
®
Mj
Nem
Nama
*
Surface
2,350
Mear shore. midpoint
of imetcr depth
Ailinginae
Enivetok Atoll], Parry Island
#Note:
cepa‘ Probeble Erre:
Surface
n
Bikini Atell, Mid--legoon
Deoth
Suvface
Surface
Surface
1,620
2,150
1.2399
1,576
40C
27 %
20 &
15 2
23 %
30 &
bes
The above values have been corrected to account for a 12% efficiency
and a 41% geometry of the scintillatien counter.
The averege background due
to noise and cosmic rays hes beea subtracted from the reported values. This
hes caused the necative and zero values. The nataral K-hO teckground of
94 epn/l has not beén subtracted end is include@ in the above figures.
Cc, : .
Lf. ek 7
~ ag
- 16 ~-
ae
Se