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of at the moment,

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then aerial

sureye would be called for.

DR. BUGHER:

Another point of view, the only area

where the strontium 90 component would be enough of
consequence is probably in the northern island of Rongelap.
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soil, plants, and the animals and so on.

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BR. DUNNING:

It might be of interest to this

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group that according to the calculations there is about half
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of microcurie of strontium 90 per square foot up there on

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one of the islands, and I am very anxious to see how close

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these theoretical figures become because this is getting up

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in there,shall I say.

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MR, HARRIS:

If you collect enough, you might be

able to sell it for isotope uses.

DR. DUNNIXG:

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MR. HARLEY:

Or make your own batteries.

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DR, BUGHER:

One other aspect of the aerial survoy

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Which island is that?

Yes.

is one reason why I asked John iff sorebody from the New York

lab would be running it, is that if it is done at all, the
calibrations have to be done very carefully and at rather

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