Acknowledgments 



The encouragement and support of R. L. Watters, W. 0. Forster, and H. M. McCammon 

 of the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Health and Environmental Research, in the 

 planning and executing of this publication are greatly appreciated. The assistance of D. N. 

 Edgington, T. E. Hakonson, M. H. Smith, R. L. Watters, F. W. Whicker, and R. E. 

 Wildung in providing the comprehensive synthesis part of this volume and for initial 

 evaluation of various manuscripts is gratefully acknowledged. Many of the authors also 

 served as reviewers of articles in their areas of expertise. Appreciation is expressed for 

 additional advice on manuscripts obtained from the following persons: 



A. J. Ahlquist, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 



G. Choppin, Florida State University 



J. M. Cleveland, U. S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, Colorado 



P. B. Dunaway, U. S. Department of Energy, Las Vegas, Nevada 



P. W. Durbin, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 



S. W. Fowler, International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity, Monaco 



R. Fukai, International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity, Monaco 



D. W. Gillette, National Center for Atmospheric Research 



J. A. Hayden, Rockwell International, Rocky Flats 



J. W. Healy, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 



P. W. Krey, U. S. Department of Energy, Environmental Measurements Laboratory 



C. L. Osterberg, International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity, Monaco 



J. Pentreath, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Lowestoft, England 



V. Schultz, Washington State University 



L. C. Schwendiman, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory 



F. B. Turner, University of California, Los Angeles 



D. C. Wolf, University of Arkansas 



D. S. Woodhead, International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity, Monaco 



Thanks are extended to many of the authors who promptly responded to the several 

 deadlines that came and went during the long and tedious effort to produce this volume. 



We greatly appreciate the secretarial support of V. J. McCabe and M. A. Rosenthal of 

 the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and L. V. Kupinski and K. A. Tallent of Battelle 

 Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Financial support was supplied by DOE contracts 

 W-7405-ENG-36 and EY-76-C-06-1830 at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Battelle 

 Pacific Northwest Laboratory, respectively. 



M. C. Fox, Jean S. Smith, and other members of the DOE Technical Information 

 Center provided expert technical editing and other assistance in the publication of this 



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