-9D.
The effect cf 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
G,
Entry into biological processes including man's food chain
1.
Deposition and retention on surfaces of vegetation
2.
Uptake by vegetation from soil
a,
H.
mixing above thermocline, waste disposal
techniques and ultimate effects
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
Retention and decay in animals and man
l.
Distribution of fallout in body tissues, fluids, milk
a.
Tendencies for localization
JCAE
(1) Radioiodine
b.
2.
.
a
Dependence of equilibrium values on effective
half-life
Discrimination factors (preferential uptake of particular
fallout products by particular species of plants, animals,
and man); types and how measured or inferred
A