and other debris, apparently mangled by concussion, and there are remnants of
camp structures, which have also suffered from the blast.

On Engebi there are

also large numbers of concrete slabs which were previously used as quonset
bases.

The vegetative ground cover is very sparse on most shot islands.

The

area immediately adjacent to the shot tower and probably for a 1,000 foot rad=
ius around the tower, is exposed ground with no apparent growth.
radii from the shot tower, weed growth has started.

In larger

On Sngebi, this takes the

form of dense areas of burrs standing on grassy stems, approximately 18" high.
On other islands, the burrs are not so mich in evidence, but weedy growth has
formed a ground cover on all shot islands, to some degree.

There are a few

coco palms which have gotten a start, and have sprouted to one to two feet in
height on Biijiri and Runit.

There are no bushes or other trees.

There is

considerable discarded material around all of the experiment buildings, such

as wire and expended electrical equipment.

None of the material now on the

shot islands is regarded as salvagable to any degree of economic justification,
except possibly buried cable and copper coaxial tubing.
Radio Activity on Shot Islands.

The residual radio activity on shot is-

lands is found to be appreciable for approximately 1,000 ft in radius from the
shot tower locations.. However, it is found to extend to greater distances in
certain cases, and the intensities do not appear to be consistently a function
of radius from the center of the tower,

This means that any future construc-

tion activity should be accompanied by a system of monitoring.

In an effort

to determine how mich movement of earth would be necessary in rehabilitating
the shot tower area, on Aomon, a vertical section on zero line near the shot
tower area was made and meter readings of various portions of this vertical

section were taken.
(a)

Conclusions are as follows:

If approximately six inches of coral are removed, radio=

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