=O =
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