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for both nuclides indicates that increased analytical precision would produce only a small 

 reduction in total variation. 



Acknowledgments 



This research was supported by contract EY-76-C-09-0819 between the U. S. Department 

 of Energy and the University of Georgia. We thank R. A. Geiger, R. M. Klein, E. H. 

 Lebetkin, and K. W. McLeod for assistance in either the field or the laboratory and J. G. 

 Wiener, J.J. Alberts, and K. W. McLeod for their review of an early draft of the 

 manuscript. J. Henry Horton, Jr., of the Savannah River Laboratory, kindly provided 

 data on the history of releases from the H-area facility. 



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