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Show Ecologist Alvin F. Shinn sees a Geiger counter to combat the radiooctive nests. person unknowingly, remains ir close proximity to nest over a long period of time, the absorption could affect his heohh he aid Wasp thermelve are not radioactive, nor b their sting, but during wosp's pence of hibernation within the nest, radiolion kill lL Thumbnail sire wasps, obov, o't t sovce of concern al y the sprawling Atomic Energy cr Notional at Oak Ridge, Tenn. The bird and yellow mod dauber persist In building rsesp out ot radioactive mod. lob-orator- Cc-n- Fennessee's Hot' Wasps s It stings just like other wesps but the nest O Wore -- A tih Mm n Hmk ydlov tt.vp iv tmrrirp unit wrientjeta the fi.ik Ridge National La bora Ms in Tcmirwr by bulM tnp if. not of radin.sctis' mud The vugi! .iwnprr ilepredi It tint" rargo Imadr 0e walk of imade nensihse. e.slod rli'rlionir equipment. k for iwnplri vir Jumtmn In foot in just aUail any trip warm, dirk !.n e t building. tirv ftior Rearing the nmt of Nature Atf.it k i Alstr. T Shinn. t'f tl r Ib.diation neology Srv tmn vho ha studs mg the mini (IaiiIkt tum-July f rvT Mr Shinn the m rrjirt ret prf tho highly radi.innrlne mud from Oak lodge I mi t Mc la-o- vp do-pea- l e pit l!"t liquid v.svto from fte tmilt.tislr of PViri,rrt and pmrov.ww at Oak F.idpe me psimpod into an open pit almul 100 fprt wjtiare Wavjw ire r- - fcalt Labe City, Octobii l,n. t' r nt i' r pn .ni br mr pi. i f.f m ii p niimpi f.iwi'l'i'e tor I al a i nt . i . VI.h1 I .j in scrim radiation One nest ' I l.o.u ti..W ,nt !ii..it ill I p.i prison p.p. i. as many mi! ck we to a V. hit h ia U1V in,ii moan to the u h.rd to eay tia.i.itiim reports tii it di iv of 30 Rnrnt-fpt.i hit n soar would ..!. KxpuKure to ...I., hi.. ,i dev fur a tow a ti.i.i v a i . i ! ra ' ha llh Is from n of radiaShinn wild. h'iir M 'i i' nn-- arh arsrta i i .vd to sever- 'n n.iiu the are raitloan. t !' I.' Ipi.j k iik age i a 1m of f u nn at a! a nearby ..im iixi'es k kr th.ii t)- ,i h 11 , tii month. rait"vi Jl, .Vl it i la.J.hh m uld not be al hi.iipli it rould rut is a source of by Jack Smith Rorl )uir)ni Mhi N.n i mntifh or scat life a riff pm-v- ir' danger hn pin'ii jp li Ini t (W TlfK WASPS Ij,i n.w n r.iiltoii. i.m ,n, 1i,i n nl lusnrne ' Hmg u. rad hot llnvisvr. dur lng the nine month a sear Kiev Dover lease ltome, an ii.ihsidual wasp ntas reieisr up tr 10 (X a das, mm 1 merr fluin a fatal (hwp. Nests vi re f. iitxt fe of wall homo Poitunatels th-hmjves had la ii pul i ImMil by Die AtotMe Turps Owruniv en vla-- the dejiwn) arena were cn atial and vert iJam doned Mr Hut tlie vamnp n rii-n- (HTHofi mu. vhirh nonsb i.id.atmf, ami warn a vW i m hm reivivcd too hi. fiiir, bt I ' Rm-ntgo- e e r, Jsliirin Hid. ratnl A few of tin s vrre at almut tl.r wnr rvnn'v la ad vhi-Irvel as a in bed Tlii wrt of pwsne ecadd po undetiiMi-s- l for sivirc Al thr Oak Rulpe icr.. worker wear badge, o tih.inir.g tqweiaj m-st- Fl'ItnnT, JJfl ilKTsG ti d.mpii f.ii-- t tii.a nr willing fist tu ji'i'id.ire tii v.ejw do not aoern ta Osa al-'- to tranKport mud farther than aboot 6fi0 fivt Tluv kivj them well within ttie Imundanea of the big, atoinii rewrvation, Mr. Stlno a.ud "tii.ilth phyjdcLifi aware of this potential of contaminated the w mini warned. The mud dautiT wasjvt occur wot hi wall ;nd may be expected to utilize nmd if it ia available to tin-iNot only i decontamination ddlii uli or smOK.Mblo, but tf Hie m.is le point wan iif i! j.hIi.iUoil" llinwi, alMmlii 1 iprrmliiif iM-- e NATl nr r.:s beaviir ttie A PC 1 Nlnglnp Sv.dlowe nw Ml t.i wt a ) asw heev w Ita bland. pirted making tN ir wtr ti aw mud. S nr, wild of Hut another .juv-m- t waj. dioartise the pijie oigan d.uler, wtilrti uontnent at aliares the .in ,r Oak Rulge w n I',' hl.ii k oral yellow s.ipr's, i ..nh um rn dloartisi n ud fT ii ra.ti,. Mr. Shirm said 1. He ha eitnmet li find mil tn expi riii.i i .ts . ti n't in tail vt why. he belies e. tui' aa tlie t. a' imli'ed plie organ .ij detect rad,.t r ,.r,it .is (id " 1 1 ri )! t'n. 1 11 ni-.ir- H-- Sl'Cll 111 ! IM D t;vir ir nr Insect rould r i . r. new nt inrv ' iete.t,ig ?v r.'d . pTOS'nl And trumnit to- - r o the rest of t'r vet Id gets ti Wuid, m.,iik.i,il P . tail them. I l u |