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Fish samples (441 samples to be processed; breakdown - 407 fish,
28 seawater filters, 3 algae, 2 sediment, 1 coral):
Initial processing phase at UW, Seattle, complete as of

23 February 1973.

Dried samples subsequently dry-ashed at LLL = 20.
Terrestrial animals, eggs, etc. (estimate 200 samples to be processed):

Initial processing (LLL) - 26 samples (eggs, egg shells, hermit
crab tails) completed as of 4 May 1973.

Seawater (58 samples collected):
Chemical separation (LLL) - initial separation chemistry completed

on 50 samples as of 4 May 1973.

initial processing completed on the following samples prior to

20 April 1973:

Vegetation (208 samples)

Plankton (16 samples)
Air filters (61 samples).
II. Gamma counting, precision Ge(Li) detector spectroscopy:

Samples counted and data in computer bank (LLL)
6 April 1973
Soils

4 May 1973

990

1387

1726

22h

22h

22)

2

in

16

346

384

401

0

0

28

Plankton

0

6

16

Coral

1

1

L

Vegetation

46

89

158

Air Filters

11

27

61

1621

2le3

2633

Sediments

,

20 April 1973

.

Cores .

Fish
Algae

Seawater
(hydroxide fraction)

1

—

TOTAL

1

2

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