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RADIOCESIUM IN PLANTS GROWN ON RONGELAP
ATOLL SOILS*
R B. WALKER, E. E. HELD, axp S. P. GESSEL
University of Washington
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TOMATO AND sQUASH plants were grown in greenhouse pot cultures using soil from

Rongelap Atoll, which received fallout contamination in 1954. The treatments

involved various combmations of N, P, and k,. All fertilizer treatments markedlv
*Contnbution from the University of Washington under Contract No. AT(45-1)54D, with

the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
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