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RADIOCESIUM IN PLANTS GROWN ON RONGELAP
ATOLL SOILS*
R. B. WALKER, E. E. HELD, anv S. P. GESSEL
University of Washington
SUMMARY
ToMATO aND SQUASHplants were grown in greenhouse pot cultures using soil from
Rongelap Atoll, which received fallout contamination in 1954. The treatments
involved various combinations of N, P, and K. All fertilizer treatments markedlv
*Contribution from the University of Washington under Contract No. AT(43-1)54D, with
the United States Atomic Enercy Commission.
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