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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,
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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
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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)