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Measurements are made by beta counting of ashed sa:ples,.

Sr-90 estimates are made by theoretical calculations, assuming a cates
of origin for the debris.

The results are mapped in Fig. 1 for the

United States, and in Fig. 2 for the rest of the world.
In previous reports it was decribed how a factor of 1.6 was
required to correct gummed film mixed fission product activity to

agree with pot samples collected at HASL.

This correction has been

applied to gummed film results issued since that time for all stations.
Several groups of results in this report would indicate that

a much larger correction factor would be in order, but this is not
necessarily true.

It is believed that the low Sr-90 values calculated

from gummed film activity are due to the incorrect arbitrary burst
assignments used in the calculations.
The recaleulations of the gummed film values will be done,

but it will be some time before the results are available.

Therefore,

gummed film data in this report, particularly after May 1956, should be
considered as minimum estimates, and may be low by a considerable
factor.

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