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 Effects of the biosphere 370,000 1,920,000 1,000,000 449, 000(1) 678,000 Genetic effects 100, 000 Biological field experiments Total, lst year Total subsequent years About 1/3 is now underway. Net cost of new program: 100, 000 4,617 , 000 Ship time --- 880,000 400,000 35,000 260, 000 --- --- 1,575,000 Total 370,000 2,800,000 1,400, 000 484 , 000 (2) 938, 000 100,000 100, 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 conducted, 1 in 1962 and 1 in 1966, the additional costs 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 If 2 large open sea tests are : (1) $264,000 after lst year (2) $299,000 after lst year (Table 13. not included here)