High
Commissioner
10/7-9/80
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1
United
States
say,
gress,
wi;y
,(B.
on
: , Cesium
amount
after
on
its
:
to
of
in
100
be
a
through
pursue,
DOE and
courts.
ourselves,
with
the
on
DO I won’t
the U.S.
Con-
matter.
between
graphs
page
5 and
page
cesium.
(graph,
page
5)
decays
Cesium
in the body
SCI the body eliminates
days.
the
for
this
discrepancy
of
ground
yars.
other
ncccssary,
decay
the
30
the
We must
if
at
the
rate
is eliminated
c.csium
much
of
one-half
at
the
rate
faster
than
its
of oneit
decays
‘
own.
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rate
in
and
money.”
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the
third
the
the courts
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and
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Congress,
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their
who
left
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two
years
ago
have
any
ccsium
in
bodies?
Robison):
Their
cesium
level
has
dropped
have
cesium
very
quickly,
and
there
is
Very.little
left.
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Of
those
danger
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in
Robison):
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period
of
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Bair):
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of
years.
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