Summary 



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 at V:i 

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 provi 

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 to be 

 p e r i 

 to ha 

 to be 

 or ev 

 Mai ne 



Analy 

 of bi 

 both 

 to be 

 least 

 the s 

 tempi 

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 likel 

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proje 



that 



have 



chemi 



e V i d e 



react 



a n t i - 



win 



gest 



ing p 



ata CO 



radio 

 1 1 ston 

 rm tha 

 de the 

 ochemi 



true 

 d , in 

 ve red 



usef u 

 en mea 



Yanke 



llect 

 n u c 1 i 

 e Poi 

 t eno 

 base 

 stry, 

 of Pu 

 1977- 

 uced 

 1 , an 

 surab 

 e or 



ed so 

 des i 

 nt , a 

 ugh 5 



s for 

 at 1 

 and 

 78, 

 the 1 

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 le -- 

 P i 1 g r 



far concerning the amounts of long- 

 n wastes released from the two react 

 nd from the Maine Yankee reactor, 

 5Fe, 60co, 134,137cs are released to 



very useful tracer studies of their 

 east sporadically this appears also 



ses of s 

 Ota arou 

 that eno 

 useful , 

 sporadi 

 ort of 1 

 ated at 

 ve not y 

 y that m 

 ve , furt 

 ct so fa 

 can be u 

 high pro 

 cal stud 

 nt that 

 or site 

 nucl ear 



be a s u i 

 al so tha 

 ubl i c ac 



ediments 

 nd both M 

 ugh trace 

 and that 

 c c n t a m i 

 c a 1 b i g 

 the start 

 et found 

 uch more 

 hermore , 

 r has pro 

 sed for i 

 babil i ty 

 ies of th 

 from the 

 acceptabi 

 forces, t 

 table loc 

 t it will 

 ceptance . 



in the 

 a i n e Y a 

 r is a V 



we hav 

 nati on 

 e ochemi 



of thi 

 the s u i 

 work wo 

 that th 

 V i d e d u 

 denti fy 

 of be in 

 eir was 

 point 

 1 i ty cr 

 he same 

 us for 



have g 



area aro 

 nkee and 

 a i 1 a b 1 e 

 e found 

 to provi 

 cal expe 

 s projec 

 table fo 

 ul d be n 

 e e X p e r i 

 s with a 

 ing othe 

 g suitab 

 te produ 

 f view 

 i teria , 



factors 

 b i g e c h 

 reater d 



und Ma 

 P i 1 g r 

 in the 

 enough 

 de the 

 riment 

 t. At 

 ci , an 

 eeded 

 ence g 

 gener 

 r reac 

 le 1 oc 

 cts . 

 f defe 

 especi 

 that 

 em i cal 

 i ff icu 



i n e Yanke 

 im 1 have 

 se enviro 



foci of 



f ramewor 

 s that we 



M i 1 1 s 1 n 

 d it is q 

 to do thi 

 athered i 

 a 1 i z a b 1 e 

 tor sites 

 i for bio 

 It i s , f 

 nding NRC 

 ally agai 

 suggest a 



studies, 

 1 ty in ac 



e , and 

 shown 



nments 



at 



k for 



re con- 



e Point 



ui te 



s. We 



n this 



basis 

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geo- 



course , 



's 



nst 

 site 



sug- 

 h i e V - 



A set of more-or-less specific conclusions follows: 



Concl us ions 



Nuclides Studied 



55Fe is clearly a major waste product of each of the 



reactors studied, approximating the levels of 60Co 

 rel eased . 



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