FOREWORD 



LMFBR PROGRAM; 

 PLUTONIUM AND OTHER 

 TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS 



TERRESTRIAL 



SOIL 

 STUDIES 



ORGANIC 



COMPLEXES 

 BIOLOGICAL 



MOBILIZATION 

 WEATHERING 



EFFECTS 

 COMPLEXATION 

 TRANSPORT 

 SORPTION 



PLANT UPTAKE/ 

 AVAILABILITY 



VIA ROOT 



ABSORPTION 

 VIA FOLIAR 



ABSORPTION 

 AGRICULTURAL 



DIET SURVEYS 



ECOSYSTEMS AND 

 FOOD-CHAIN 

 TRANSFERS 



AQUATIC 



SEDIMENT 

 STUDIES 



ARID LANDS 

 SHORT GRASS 



PRAIRIE 

 ATLANTIC COASTAL 



PLAIN 

 EASTERN DECIDUOUS 



FOREST BIOME 

 ARCTIC-SUBARCTIC 



REGIONS 

 TROPICAL 



ENVIRONMENTS 

 RUMINANT FEEDING 



STUDIES 

 MODELING 



SEDIMENT 



TRANSPORT 

 SEDIMENT-WATER 



INTERFACE 



BIOLOGICAL 

 TRANSPORT 



MICROBIAL 



MOBILIZATION 

 LITTORAL ZONE 



BIOTA 

 PELAGIC ZONE 



BIOTA 

 WATERFOWL 



Fig. 1 United States Department of Energy, Office of Health and Environmental 

 Research, transuranium elements research program. 



laboratory reports, government documents, and refereed journals. This volume is an 

 attempt to assemble the accumulated information as a synthesis document to provide an 

 up-to-date interpretation of the environmental behavior of the transuranium elements. 



R. L. Walters 



Office of Health and Environmental Research 

 U. S. Department of Energy 



