uptake from locally grown foods primarily appeared to be the

cause for the rising body burden levels.

As a result,

it now

has been determined that Bikini Island must be off limits for
another 60 years.

Additionally,

some 50-60 Marshallese of non-Bikinian descent

lived and worked on Bikini Island for varying periods between
1970-76.

These individuals also require special screening.

There also has been close association,

including inter-

marriage between the people of Rongelap and people of Bikini.

At

least one exposed Rongelapese and his family were resident on

Bikini Island in 1978 when the last evacuation occurred.
The latest resettlement proposal of the people of Bikini
involve living on the island of Eneu in the Bikini Atoll, probably
on a rotation basis, and the maintenance of a community on Kili
Island.

Should this proposal be feasible,

health care must be

planned for the Kili Island community, a possible community on
Eneu Island,

Bikini Atoll,

for a small Bikini community in Majuro

and for several hundred other Bikinians residing at Ebeye and
other parts of the Marshalls.

B.

People of Enewetak Atoll

In 1947, the 142 residents of Enewetak Atoll also were
evacuated from their home atoll.
Atoll,

They were settled on Ujelang

which lies 124 miles southeast of Enewetak,

Northern Marshalls.

From

1948

to

1958,

there were

in the
43

test

detonations performed at Enewetak Atoll.

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Ujelang Atoll is within the region of low level fallout.

At least once during the nuclear testing period,

it is reported
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