233 in some of these fish. DONALDSON: BUSTAD: FF WN study these and he did describe pretty serious thyroid damage Have you run across any fish in later times - in your collections that might have manifested thyroid neo- ort plasms, say? DONALDSON: o0 nw Yes. DONALDSON: 10 BUSTAD: il DONALDSON: BUSTAD: I think so, Because the stage was set for it, sort of Yes, the stage has been set. Or couldn't they compete? That's it? We have looked diligently over the 12 years but we haven't actually seen nor found. fish that we 13 could say was specifically killed by thyrota ‘saunge or other 14 radionucleid 15 situation here as far as the fish are concerned, 16 complicating one is that immediately, no matter what the 17 radiation levels are, no mtter what the peripheral problem 138 are, the cleanup squad move in almost immediately and clean i9 things up. 20 incapacitated is removed within minutes, at least within an 21 hour or so, 22 a great regularity. 23 predaceous forms. 2h seeing a fish or an aquatic animal that has radiation damage 25 would be very remote, damage... Now, there's always the complexing This means that a fish that is just a wee bit Sharks move in and they scavange the place with AYRES; 26 And the If it isn't the sharks, som of the other So one's chance of actually finding or Are there any top carnivora that might e7 survive, like sharks themselves, even if they are somewhat 28 damaged? 29 BUSTAD: The problem there as far as radioiodine 390 goes is that they show the lowest concentration, 31 not really getting very much radiolodine compared to herbivor- 32 ous animals, 33 WARREN: They're Stafford Warren Fer body mass, DOEJUCLA >y