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the chomical tonicity is concerned,
tothe pile.
It is water that is fed
OX course, they aro interosted in maintaining
corresion rates at an extranely lew level, so dicurouste is
acded to thea water to control tho corrosion -- dichromate is a
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toxic material -- cone chonical rate,
Ye have run this type of thing weny, many tincs. Ve
have also compared this with the water just before it goes inte
the pilo,
In othor wores, we broushut a sample line dewn froa
the chemical treated water just before it gses to the pile.
We run these same diletions at the sams temperature ang the
result is identical.
In othsr
words, if w2 eliminate the factor
of radiation from this water, we get the identiesi sane picture
which tells us that the radiation is not the major factor with»
which we ars concerned,
Secondarily,
w2 have boen runninz, this year, a
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dichronate test _to see hat the effect of the dichromate is per
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This ropresants tho parts of dichromate which
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‘This, again, is a chronic study.
I think this
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brings un a point in terms of conventional studies on toxicity.
If you look through the literature, you generally find
that dichromate is sugnosed to be tozic to one-fitth -- sconeawher
around S50 parts per million.
If you run those for a few woens
at a time, you can see whether you start to get a mortality or not