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GEOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, AND MIMERALOGY

ingret, 3. (Laborutoire dHygione de le Ville, Paris:
Deaney, M.; Ton, L.; Burg, C, Viewsa, luterestional
Atos 2a0rgy Agency, 1944, Prepring Sil-72/T, tap,
fia Preech). (CONF-80607-T), ORAU.

aw Ry iapoutom for the Dispopal of 7efcactive Waste

fto Sne, O_nane, and Sorfecs Wabere, Viewee.
Nature} renitoixtopes present te entisce waters and
those which have tren sided by human activities, such
ae feNowt and wach s from solentific, industrial, and
medical tpplieatins, are discussed The radioisotopes
ere food ip
iy large
cu solid
L
ip aur. elon aod ua mad, ‘The program of studies on
the waters o1 the Seine vests and various French rivers
hee deca
of rand gol
over @ certain period by means of apecial aub
tanice. This examination yielded representative data on the
redwoigoenpes tzensported by the water duriag the sampling
period (normality ane mosth). The mud
ba activity considerably Wigber than that of the water, and

fe euftable for direct gamma spectrometry and various

other asalysee. The examinations carried out inctade: direct gamma spectrometry; drying and crushing; alpha,
beta, and
Measaresents on the dried od; and
avparation of the eand, clay, and organic matter fractions
frora the fresh mrad. Investigations were aleo made of the
fixation capacity, of the mud sad its various components,
of reciotaotopes of Ce, Sr, Ce, Ru, P, and] and their significance in fallout or in acientific uses. The purifying
role of evad 1s confirmed by Oe results of measurement of
fxation capacities. De,
om thelr natire and chemical
formradictantopea may be only slightly fired (iodine), or
may be almost totalty fixed (cerium). A large part of the
activity transported by surface waicre {a thus limingted by
Aepoaition of mud or by fitretion planta. (auth

43845

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DISTRIBUTION OF ®zp IN PLANKTON FROM

" OF FVHORE WATERS OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON,
wet 1953, Lewis, Gary B.; Seymour, Allyn H. (Univ. of
Seattle), 1%. (CONF-680654-2). ORAU,
Sealine AED-CONF~68-167-5,
Prom Ovoeen Science and Engineering Conference,

Washington, D, C.

The distribution of *2Z5 values for unsorted plankton
cangét in a No. @ mesh net within 135 miles of the mouth
of the Calumbia River conforms to the general pattem
of the horfsontal distribution of Columbla River water.
The principa) sources of Zn In this ares are the Hanford
sucloar resotore, $40 miles upetream from the river

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level im the atmosphere.
. aad rocks of the earth's
The height, lntioxie, and
the neutron intensity are
a
formative of now"
trove in the atmoephare under

@ particies,

effect

primary commie

mocted nad swocmdery

1
ined. The
of
ooming
from the ews ie evalrated. The regaiar and irregular varietone of the natural neatroe
are
Fibed. The

of the

flesion of heavy muciel by

(4,0) reactions, the formation of neutrons at different deptha
under the oftects of cosmic radiation, and the photoneutron.
The

oe from the Lssicn ofheavy sacle! are

rocks of the earth's prastfa deooeibed. (tr-enth)

tod in

Site Survey and Selection
43848
RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN BELECTED
POINTS OF THE ISLAND OF UNIVERSITARIA, NEAR
GUANABARA, Meyer, Edgard; Baliariny, Martsa

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An. Acad. Brasth, Cieso., 37: 209-190)965),

Spantsh).

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Radiometric measuremerts were made in 1963 end 1964
of the background, soll, vegetation, and air before the conatruction of the Argonaut reactor and of the startup of the
reactor. The resulta obtained for the air activities are
tabalsted. (J.S.RL)}

Techniques and Equipment
Refer also to abstracts 4309 and 43163.
430
(NP-16200) THE APPLICASION OF RADIOAUTIVE TRACERS IN THE STUDY OF SAND MOVEMENTS
IN RIVERS, Report No. 4 (Final). Vulonirovic, Vojisiav
Cnstitut 2a Vodoprivredu '‘Jarsolay Cerni,"’ Belgrade
(Yugoslavia). Dee. 1965. IAEA Contract 207/RU/RB.
93p. Dep. mn.
The development of a kinetic theory of bed material discharge to study sand movement In rivera is presented. The
theory was
ators to sand movement in the Velika Morava

River, using

"Cr as a tracer. In the atudy, 96% of the sand

thouth. Anslyees of 238 sampies collected betwoen Jauary

did not move more than 6m downstream and the tracer
penetrated to 14 em in depth. (F.8.)

fot annual, changes and 2 clone relationship between “Zn
vet water and plankton. Maxtmem “Zn values for all

43580
(NYO-$44-67) NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND
GEOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH. eee
Report, 1965--

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Pitteburgh, Dept, of Chereistry). June 30,1966, Con
trect AT(S90-1)-844, 67p. Dep. mn, CFSTI $3.00 cy,

1981 aad Deoceraber 1963 indionte significant sexeonal, but

socurred near the Washiagtoa coast in the winter,
@pring the values tocrrased aff the river mouth and

td, valnes for the southern offshore area reached
8 magimom in the carmmer, the mitena senece was char

edtivixed by minimem velues in all arees. The data were
described by the geometric mene sines the errey of the

approxi mated a log-uormal distribution. Values
from sero tr 1,900 plocouries of Za per gram of
‘oem
+ ta the
TRE BOTOPRS “ya AND “0 IN THE ATsae Roetel, W, Meide!
Univ,, 1964,
00 Greelte, AKD-Dien, 42008,

- 4 predsavd by commie raye wee detected in rain
watel tampien Ar age ¢ opwstration ta rain te 320 atoms/
1 er epines pnnding ‘6 & few percent of he

cotton,Reaulta of e:terminstivnns im rain 1882-64 are

SUv aE large Crentioe od te seliviry ja den On mmckoar enSete

eOeF

Wom ly both

gry. SN C> FLT ROMNYL POE ATWO ~
PRM Pf te
Pact ge cant of
cent ooiy, fran. Qorrtace 4. 4 Bra
tae
eM Meee nce
Kw
ane

1966, Kobunan, Truman P. (Carmegie inst, of Teck,

$9.75 man,

Reeearch ectivities in nuclear chemistry, nuclear geology, meiclear rercocn st.din and instrumentation are @ume
Marizad. Laboratories, intinmenta, and irradiation
facilities used are described. Liats af publications pubMabed aad in preparetio;g ate included, (F.8}
41651
(VUP-S015) SEISMKI VELOCITY DETERMINATION AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS IN A SALT
DOME. PROJECT DRIBALE, SALMON EVENT. McLamore, V.R. (Teledyne industries, Inc., Pasadeon, Caltf,
Kart Science Dtv.), Ape. 1965. Yip. Dep. mn. CPST?
$1.50 cy, $0.78 com.
The
hardware and recording system designed
w® record high
eurrgy leciading both compree- shoe and sear wave arrivals with aprecedented readtethon to deseribed. The compreesinga] (4516 m/sec) aad
shear wave (1690 w/rec) velocities determined betwess

the str Cibed 17%- ta. din uncased hele (Station 1-A} oad
eat (ted 124.1, dig wacaeed anie seperated by ap-

prrclnaiely th8 wa te the depts taterva: 731 m to 762 ms
sos Leerpa'ty ecomtatemt and eee ureze to 41%. Thi oe
ST Seamer temarcia Ef rout 8 eon tbe fegths

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