evallanle nye jected T@jien. fu site 2nec1 rraomciate tecrhmolsgi rezQurircems i biopsss eters eush c ainde a7 ou So 2Qula «gr (#200 ap ett n zrpeeigs in af iff &oh (33 mphi; the critical iach af = : eeilied le Righ construction roasts and legietice preslemes d a.fficult rn and aften nutrisnt deplietec sails. Tre Eliomazs energ, rREGUrCeSs American Territories oF the recific heve not bees thoraaghly ed. Thus, “he cheice cof feeatack s proejectiaigs if yield, and costs per unit of harvested biomass ca ade ronFicerti-. as a result, the cests to cerisumears of celivered eneray sré serecialiv prone ta inaccuracy. it iS apparent monetheless tnat aliomass is an asundant, hichly o-ceductive, and versatile renewable energy resource in Pacific telands, ance thet its practical application must be preceded ty adequate research asc cemenstratior. Fome sascific -ecemnencetions 2re inclvded. 34 refsrences, 7 figures. 12 tabies. 3.7434 (Tter 34 fron File: if3: E734 93 EPS-O9;02507B, EDR-34:074433 eatoaces Rogckin, V.E.: -leosg. -.h.: Red. . Title: Fl americium betray eorgorste Source: cawrenie Livermore hate: 1 Feb 1964 43 6. Reoar’ te. UCID-19997 Ceonteect News W-PS4QT-2G-45 Decument Tyoe: Report: “urerica: data Language: Enolish . Jenurnal Arneuncement: Tise4qos Availability: TIS, FO AOS/MF Aol, cubtile: TS (US A@temindex inputis NTS Abstrecte). Ceuncry of Publication: United States Work Location: United ftates oe wag etill evvircasence Leb,. CA USA: CNTiSo: EFS ferecgy Sesearcm ststTract: Inventiries af /sup 2379 -240/Fu end /sun Z4team g-estl. ia excess of Gloval fallout levels persist in the benthic anvironteats 2f Bikini ard Enewetak Atolls. Guantities af /sun £29 +2490/Fu and eer amounts of /sup 241/am are cortinucusly mobilizing from these sedimeata-y reservoirs. The amcunt of /sup £39 +240/Fu achilized ta saluticn at ary time reoresents 0.09 to 9.09% of the sediment inventories to a depth of 16 cm. The mobilized /sup 239 +240/Pu has selute-like characteristics and different valence states ccexist in solution - the largest fraction cf the scluble plutonium is in an oxicized form ‘+V,VI), The adserption of piutoanium to sediments is not completely reversible bacause of changes that eccur io the relative amounts cf the mixed cxidation states in solution with time. Further, any characteristics of /sup 299 +2460/Pu described at ene location may not nécessarily be relevant in describing its beheviaor elsewhere follewing mobilization and migraticn. The relative amounts a7 /sup 241/Am to /sap 239 +249/Fu in the sedimentary deposits at Enewetak ard Bikini may be altered in future years because of mebilization end radiciogical decay. Mebilizaticn of /sup 2399 +240/Fu is not a process unique te these atells, anc quantities in salution derived from sedimentary deposits can be found at other global sites. These studies in the Bquatorial Pacific have significance in assessing the larg- Ferm behavisr af S004b15