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symposia on this subject in recent years. As a result, the reader may wonder: "Why 

 another publication on transuranic nuclides in the environment?" It is our intention that 

 this book should not be "just another pretty face" but that it should uniquely represent 

 an integration and synthesis of research results from a balanced program of studies with a 

 common funding source. How effective we have been in achieving our goal is left to the 

 reader to judge. 



Wayne C. Hanson 



Editor 



