28 Appendix -- page 2. - 6. A variety of biological field experiments should be conducted utilizing radioisotopes. 7. #$‘The proposed budgets for the programs are given in tables 12 and 13. The greater part of the program should be financed by the Atomic Energy Commission. Table 12. Radioactivity in the oceans -- Summary of budget estimates (Annual cost in 1958 dollars) Without ship time Control and monitoring Estuarine and coastal studies Research in open ocean Sedimentation processes 370,000 lst year 2,800,000 1,400,000 678, 000 260, 000 938,000 4ug,000{1) 100, 000 100, 000 | 370,000 880,000 400,000 Genetic effects Biological field experiments Total, --- Total 1,920,000 1,000,000 Effects of the biosphere Total subsequent years About 1/3 is now underway. Ship time 4,617, 000 35, 000 ----- 1,575, 000 484, 000 (2) 100,000 100, 000 6,192,000 4,432,000 1,575,000 6,007,000 lst year 3,078,000 1,050,000 4,128,000 Subsequent years 2,954,000 1,050,000 4,004,000 in those years will be 1,400,000 600,000 2,000,000 Total in those years 4,354,000 1,650,000 6,004,000 Net cost of new program: If 2 large open sea tests are conducted, 1 in 1962 and 1 in 1966, the additional costs (1) $264,000 after lst year (2) $299,000 after lst year XM (Table 13. not included here)