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6.
A variety of biological field experiments should be
conducted utilizing radioisotopes.
7.
The proposed budgets for the programs are given in
tables 12 and 13.
The greater part of the program should be
financed by the Atomic Energy Commission.
Table 12.
Radioactivity in the oceans -- Summary of budget estimates
(Annual cost in 1958 dollars)
Without
ship time
Control and monitoring
Estuarine and coastal studies
Research in open ocean
Sedimentation processes
Effects of the biosphere
370,000
1,920,000
1,000,000
449, 000(1)
678,000
Genetic effects
100, 000
Biological field experiments
Total,
lst year
Total subsequent years
About 1/3 is now underway.
Net cost of new program:
100, 000
4,617 , 000
Ship time
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880,000
400,000
35,000
260, 000
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1,575,000
Total
370,000
2,800,000
1,400, 000
484 , 000 (2)
938, 000
100,000
100, 000
6,192,000
4,432,000
1,575,000
6,007,000
lst year
3,078,000
1,050,000
4,128,000
Subsequent years
2,954,000
1,050,000
4,004,000
conducted, 1 in 1962 and 1
in 1966, the additional costs
in those years will be
1,400,000
600,000
2,000,000
Total in those years
4,354,000
1,650,000
6,004,000
If 2 large open sea tests are
:
(1) $264,000 after lst year
(2) $299,000 after lst year
(Table 13. not included here)