UNCIASSIPIED
D. The effect of fallout on water supplies for human,
agricultural, and industrial use
1. Possibilities for water treatment
E, Possibilities for modifying present food collection
and distribution and*handling systems to guard against
hazard
F, Behavior in oceans mixing above thermocline, waste
disposal techniques and ultimate effects
G. Entry into biological processes including man's food
chain
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1. Deposition and retention on surfaces of vegetation
2, Uptake by vegetation from soil
a. Characteristics for various plants and
various radioactive materials
(1) Strontium
(2) Cesium
(3) Rare earths
(4) Plutonium
b. Dependence on soil characteristics
c. Other factors:
decay, biological half-~
life, effective half-life
3. Soil-plant discrimination factors
4, Uptake by marine life and algae
5. Uptake by animals, animal products, and man
H, Retention and decay in animals and man
1. Distribution of fallout in body tissues,
milk
fluids,
a. Tendencies for localization
(1) Radioiodine
b. Dependence of equilibrium values on effective
half-life
2. Discrimination factors (preferential uptake of
particular fallout products by particular
species of plants, animals and man); types and
how measured or inferred
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