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Vegetation, terrestrial biota (300 samples to be processed):
Initial processing (LLL) - 85 samples completed,
Seawater (50 samples collected):
Chemical separation (LLL) - total of 50 samples; adding carriers
and tracers,

sequential separation of various elements; in process,

anticipate 6 weeks of additional effort.
Plankton (17 samples collected):
17 samples in process (LLL) - dry, weigh, package.

Core samples (40 samples collected):

Total of 4O collected.

Still frozen and stored at LILI.

Will be

sectioned and processed in same manner as sediment samples.
Air filters (61 samples collected):

High-volume samples gamma counted (LLL) - 11 samples.
Wet chemical analysis for e39py (MCL) - 7 (in process).
Gamma counting, precision Ge(Li) detector spectroscopy:

Samples counted and data in camputer bank (LLL) -

9 Feb. '73

23 Feb. '73

Soils

278

371

Sediments

218

218

Fish

14h

186

15

16

7

ll

662

8ce

Vegetation
Air filters

TOTAL

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