SUMMARY

In this paper, we have attempted to review the extent of our statistical
design and analysis activities for the NAEG since 1971.
This review
includes our activities during Calendar Year 1977 with regard to Mound
Study 2, nuclear site studies, and planning for possible future cleanup
efforts at Clean Slate 2.
We have also pointed out the current status
of these projects for future planning purposes.
We wish to note again
the following:

1.

Pu and Am concentrations on over 500 new soil and vegetation samples
from safety-shot sites are essentially ready for statistical analysis to update estimates of Pu spatial pattern and inventory.
These data are in the NAEG data bank and also on computer cards at
Battelle-Northwest.

Three hundred twenty soil samples have been collected at the grid

intersections in Figure 5 at NS-201, but have not been shipped to
analytical laboratories for radionuclide analyses.
If these data
are obtained, they would be useful for estimating spatial pattern
and inventory of radionuclides at NS-201l.
Plans are ready for Phase 1 sampling to begin at several nuclear
sites including NS-200 discussed in this paper and NS's-202 and 203
as discussed by Essington (1978).
Design plans for additional studies at Clean Slate 2 in anticipation
of a possible cleanup effort at that site have been submitted to
the NAEG.
Samples of the type specified in recent EPA guidelines
should be collected for evaluation of their applicability to NTS
and TTR sites.
Statistical analyses for the estimation of Pu inventory in blow-sand
mounds at Area 13 and Clean Slate 3 are completed

(Gilbert and

Essington, 1977).
Particle size and spatial distribution aspects
of Pu and Am are suggested as future blow-sand mound studies.
FIDLER and other mobile field detectors should continue to be
evaluated for their applicability to field studies.
Special studies
aimed at calibrating more closely these instrument readings to Pu
concentrations in field samples are encouraged.
A comprehensive synthesis of NAEG data needs attention.

A defini-

tion of "synthesis" is needed before such an effort begins.

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