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Mr. Lennon. You mention your degree of research programs was 
related to the engineering capability of another panel. 
Dr. Wauten. Yes; that is correct. 
Mr. Lennon. Particularly in the field of buoys. 
Dr. Watuten. Our method of precedure may be of interest to you. 
Generally, in the area of instruments, facilities, and equipment, when 
a scientist conceives of a new piece of equipment, we consider that 
research in the development of that piece of equipment is a part of the 
research program. 
Mr. Lennon. So you find, I would assume, there are times when 
your Research Panel confers with the Panel of the Facilities Panel, 
particularly in the field of engineering as related to buoys and other 
facilities ? 
Dr. WALLEN. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Lennon. Mr. Bauer, do you have any questions at this time? 
Mr. Bauer. Yes, Mr. Chairman. 
Dr. Wallen, have any developments occurred in deep ocean coring 
during the past year ? 
Dr. WauLen. Yes, there have been a number of developments. The 
representatives of major oceanographic institutions have made pro- 
posals for the construction and operation of a new or converted drill- 
ing vessel. The National Science Foundation, which has had the 
principal responsibility for responding to these proposals, believes 
that there is strong scientific justification for an extensive deep drilling 
program. Because of the great expense in the construction or con- 
version of an appropriate vessel, it is expected that the approved pro- 
posal will provide for joint use of the deep drilling vessel to serve 
several oceanographic institutions. 
Information provided as the scientific background of a drilling pro- 
gram was presented by the University of Miami to the National 
Science Foundation. This was extracted from their proposal by Dr. 
F. F. Koczy of the University of Miami. With the approval of the 
Chairman, I should like to insert a copy of Dr. Koczy’s statement 
for the record. 
In the issue of Science magazine of June 1964, Dr. Elizabeth Rona 
of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, has presented a sum- 
mary of a conference on the geochronology of marine fluvial sedi- 
ments. This paper is an excellent summary of the progress on the 
use of radioactivity in dating marine sediments. I should like to 
request permission to insert a copy of Dr. Rona’s paper in the record 
at. this time. The ICO is hopeful that it will be possible for the 
National Science Foundation or other ICO agency to receive approval 
for funding through the Bureau of the Budget and the Congress for 
undertaking a program of drilling of deep cores. 
Mr. Lennon. If there is no objection, this material may be inserted 
immediately after your statement. 
Captain Bauer, would you continue? 
Mr. Baver. Thank you. Another question I would like to ask re- 
fers to your testimony concerning the movement of radioactivity 
through the Columbia River. Has the radiation shown an deleterious 
effects on organisms beyond the mouth of the Columbia River? 
