but thove are some 120 miles of the river which is all that is
involved, and this is a straicht Plowing river in kere (indicating
A year or so ago, the UcNary Bam was comploted.
2 roservoir and dam back here (indicating).
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and silt donesitdon here.
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There is very little sedimcntation
Those area these white bluffs that
2, Pearce was monticning yestorday on the cast sice of the river.
The Columbia River, in spite of its large size, has marvelous
characteristics of a mountain stream, more so than it does of
a slov moving river.
I think the difxerence between this and
the Savannah River that we heard about yesterday is about as
aqifferent as you can find.
I have not seen the Savannah, but
from the description I have heard, it must be considerably
differeat.
The types of botton forms that we have to deal with
are the swift water mountain forms, lots of May flies, lots of
snails, sparse Plankton population in a rapidly flowing water
stream, aS you would expect, and so forth.
The source of our radioactive uaterials in the Columbia
River originates in the reactor and this pornaps recalls seme of
the thinss that Dr. Pearce mentioned yesterday.
A typical reactoz
area pulis water out of the River, pulls it throvuth a water