fodder,
For some months essen ieiis als mile supplies woud
be too highly radioactive to u-e even if the cows gurcrived
Although exposed foods wo.ld be suspected of »eing co, highly
contaminated to be eaten for periods of weeks, or ever months,
this contamination would be un the surface of the fosais
Most of it can be removed from the surface by washing «=
peeling. Canned goods in the -allout area, for examp »#
could be made safe by washini. ne a2
Radioactive contamination wou.
supply.
However,
aisc be in sources ot water
if operacive
existing wate
processes will help reduce the
iazar i
When I have talked about fou
ing stocks.
lave had reference tc
New productio: 15 inother matter
the survivors must expect
‘trea’ ment
c rave divficulty.
exigt-
one with which
Much o
our
valuable agricultural land. wii
ce righty contaminated and
crops raised in these area. wi!
ake up radinactive reterials
from the soil.
Reclamatio: ~
hese Lands will ne & . ar:
ticularly critical matter
Tne principa. propier Le ‘rat
presented by strontium 90 whict
omiless removed vii
contaminate the land and i's «rops ‘cr decades.
The oces!
effective removal method a: yet i» the remova. of grownc
cover or the surface soil.
This
require a great deal of labor
with the problem of disposing o
«
time consuming, would
«nc equipment and we are
‘arwe quantities
>of
on
lef:
taminated material.
Intensive repping is ancther mernoc
but here again considerable time 1:8 required ~- a@bout 4
crops to remove the strontium 9 i: acceptabie levels
me
can, of course, shift prodictio
<f milk and vegetables
uncontaminated land, raisirg oen.y noir-food crops such 46
cotton and flax on contaminated iand:.
This has 5 it~
advantage. When contaminated Lancs are cultivates, tne
possibility of physical removai of the fallout is zone
The Department of Agriculture nas tne principe. interes
in this subject, and is active:
working or pract! 4
countermeasures
Survival is also dependent on the nanufacture anc ‘rani
portation of goods ana the cees:ablishment of the sys. or
for the distribution cf foui, energy and fuels
"he
communications upon which we depen! s+ heavily must
restored.
Some sort cf housing mus: 1e provided for ' vw
displaced, and sa on.
The wr: ms
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