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Fig.
1.
The Bikini Atoll.
analyzed soil profiles to investigate
given location From the determined
the distribution of activity with
nuclide
soil depth.
same location.
Soil-plant ‘concentration factors
concentrations
in
soil
at
the
The predicted nuclide
concentrations in edible plants sub-
and soil-plant regression equations,
sequently serve as input data to
together with leaf~leaf and leaf-
predict the internal dose from ingested
fruit concentration ratios,
are
terrestrial foods. This dose assess-
and
ment is presented in a separate report.
calculated for
23¢9,240,
20 e
L3?.,
Cs,
in edible and indicator
At Bikini Atoll,
the uptake by
plants as well as in soil from the
plants of radioactive material from
associated sampling site.
the soil is the principal source of
evaluation of
these data,
From our
a method is
foodchain contamination.
Thus,
soil
developed for predicting the nuclide
is both the convenient and the logical
Concentrations in edible plants at a
starting point
for a prediction of