US DOE ARCHIVES 326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RG Box AO \ UDB | Doe HS TERIAN Collection Cr _//32 Ws . April 3365 Folder ot SO, UL _##/2 Mr, Kermit Largon Atomic cnersy rrol ect University of Calisor:la P. 0. Box 415) fest Los Angeles 2h, “alivformlia BEST COPY AVAILABLE I understanc tha? Some of tie soil samples cre coliceted in the Pacific were S@..0 ww gol. Car sou tell me at tnis time the activity you found in units of disintecrstions cor ~inuic rea hi le ah wpe r “e have some .ce£42,n teed vitv from the Pecilic, measured at IYO, aud alsa dave rate reiniats at the gane Locations. hen compared to your Je vaca gata of sail ictivity uw and dose raie readiarcs fat the same locations} tsere is a great discrenancy. T realise tt Lt is difllculs to maxe a firm con: version Sactor from cisintcrrations per mimte cer scram (beta comts) to mr/hr (camma activity), yet the Pacific and “ovaca data differ by several orders of marnitude. Any information thrt you as Taek “ave on thie sohat will be anprecilatec. Cordially vours, Gordon ¥, “unnince, fealth Physicist tlophysics Branch Eivision of "iolory and Hedicine GuDribac k, SURNAME p DATE > Form AEC-318