data base be produced for each new study,
in cooperation with NAEG investigators
and NAEG management, prior to attempting to develop input formats.
Also, it
was recognized that "progressive programming” would be necessary rather than
the traditional "program once and be through with it" approach.
In addition to the aforementioned coordination functions, the act of juggling
An increased
support funds also became an area of coordination responsibility.
emphasis in one research area resulted in a corresponding decrease in effort
that could be applied in another.
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
In order to keep abreast of and maintain a more active liaison with current
NAEG activities, an NTS on-site coordinator has recently been added to the
coordination effort. The addition of the on-site coordinator has increased
the efficiency and thereby reduced the time required to comply with NAEG
requests for REECo services.
During the period November, 1975, through January, 1976, sixty-five (65)
requests to REECo to perform services for NAEG were received, processed, and
complied with.
Of these requests, two (2) concerned support budgets, eleven
(11) field support, seventeen (17) sample preparation, twelve (12) sample
analysis by REECo, and twenty-three (23) data processing.
The support budget requests involved changes in support work orders and the
generation of a budget summary report.
Field support requests involved the collection of samples for inventory and
distribution, the collection of transect samples from nuclear sites which may
be selected for future NAEG studies, radiological personnel support to NAEG
investigators visiting nuclear site locations which may be selected for future
NAEG areas, the support of soil collection and sieving operations in Area 13,
the collection of vegetation samples at the soil mound study No. 1 site in
Area 11-C, radiological personnel support to the mobile GE Li system operating
in Area 5, the collection of laboratory background control samples from Area 5,
and a request for a report of field operation in Area 13.
Requests for sample preparation services included preparation of inventory and
distribution samples from Area 5, preparation of nuclear site transect soil
samples from proposed NAEG nuclear sites, performance of soil sample preparation
tests to determine preparation parameters involved with preparing composite
soil samples from soil mound study No. 2, assisting with coding of input
shipping data, the preparation for shipment and shipment of small animal
samples, performance of an experiment to determine ball milling duration for
substandard containers, completion and transfer to the evaluation staff of
soil mound study No. 2 field data, having genus and species identification
performed on soil mound No. 2 vegetation samples, performance of a special
mixing procedure on inventory and distribution surface samples from Area 5,
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