General Electric biologists remove contents from plankton trap

One of the operations connected with aquatic biology studies in the Columbia River at the Hanford atomic plant involves the collection of samples of small forms of aquatic life close to shore. Here two General Electric biologists remove the contents from a plankton trap. Two other traps are shown anchored in the water. Object of the work is to collect speciments that are at the bottom of the aquatic food chain and study their tendencies to concentrate radioactive materials that are released into the river in reactor coolants., Credit Line: General Electric Co., Hanford, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Abstract/Description: One of the operations connected with aquatic biology studies in the Columbia River at the Hanford atomic plant involves the collection of samples of small forms of aquatic life close to shore. Here two General Electric biologists remove the contents from a plankton trap. Two other traps are shown anchored in the water. Object of the work is to collect speciments that are at the bottom of the aquatic food chain and study their tendencies to concentrate radioactive materials that are released into the river in reactor coolants.
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Richland (Wash.)
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Credit Line: General Electric Co., Hanford, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
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Title: General Electric biologists remove contents from plankton trap.
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Abstract/Description: One of the operations connected with aquatic biology studies in the Columbia River at the Hanford atomic plant involves the collection of samples of small forms of aquatic life close to shore. Here two General Electric biologists remove the contents from a plankton trap. Two other traps are shown anchored in the water. Object of the work is to collect speciments that are at the bottom of the aquatic food chain and study their tendencies to concentrate radioactive materials that are released into the river in reactor coolants.
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Credit Line: General Electric Co., Hanford, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Subject(s): Outdoors
Equipment and supplies
Portraits, Group
Richland (Wash.)
Environment
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