vane HILL: ody . What's done with the long-lived fiesion products - do they yun into the Colunbia Riverf No, as of now al] the concentrated ones are stored in tanks, bat they can’t keep on doing that indefinitely. It's an extremly expensive proposition. Za the strontiua let cut iansdiately? That goes off in the solution. Bat in that case when Tat the strontina ont too. HILL Te in Yeld isn't it? Tt in decayed already, It iy not let out inuediately (chatter ) and that strontina is in solution and is reafily available. Mr, Theis, what's the ideal way te dispose of a mmeket full of strontiue 907 Well, you knew about the expsriments at Brookhaven. (chatter ) fission —~ leach the fission products off on Wisanite ani fusing it and changing its mineralogic eoapedition and rendering it relatively inert, but this Y think, Dr. Claus, suggests deep disposal on Jani as well. ‘There im scas question about that but I think it aight be feasihle, I think, I don't know, the best way of disposing of the aaterial ~ dry mines have been suggested. entities DUE ARCHIVES Seo % 1 i> Ls ~ —