No information is available on the raaioactivity of “Lagoon
a”
on
Pg
Hite
+.
bottom material deeper than two feet, ‘but from‘the“aTight decrease:
MCHho* wee f
thus indicated at two feet, the activity may ta,assumed to have
4
+
penetrated farther, constituting a reservoir, eatinited ‘0 exceed
pee AS
pm?
20,000 curies of beta activity in the firstmeter ofJagoon bottom °
in August 1953.
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This may be compared toshangfapsien estimated
(UWFL-43:54) for the top 8 inches in 1955.)
ra
. abe
Plankton values might be: expected to waiteswith. bottom
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sample values (FMgure 2).
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Ina comparison ofactivity at ‘the ten oo
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e
{
stations between pumped plankton and votton ‘camped,
‘i
the positive
correlation coefficient fell somewhat shortofstatistical‘signif
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ves
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of cor"
:
“aha
relation between radioactivity of plankton and’of bottom‘samples at
the same locality.
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