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CONCLUSIONS

It is thus evident that meteorological theory is involved in predicting future fallout. Such
forecasts are uncertain not only because of ignorance about future testing but also because we
can only guess at where the fallout will be deposited. The model described in this paper is,
after all, still being developed. However, although meteorological deficiencies might appear
to be large, they are smaller than the biological uncertainties described in other papers of
this symposium.
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