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The Enewetax Acoll cleraup, renabilizzticn, and resettlement crocgram was oreceded by a similar srotect at Bikini
Atcll.
In Cecember 1966, the Atomic Enersyv Commission (AEC)
(now cart of DCE) at the request of DCI, egreed to determine
if 3ixini Atoil and its lacgocn were sasSe icr hacitation.
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peril ané May 1967, AEC made an extensive raciological survey
of the atoll.
A year was required to anaivze the raciation
Gata and environmental samples collected euraag sae survey,
data from all orevious
surveys,
anc TT>I reports concerning
the living nabits and diets of the secs te. sf Bikini.
after
review:ne all available date, an ad hee ccnmittee of eight
consultants arppointec by AEC concluded thst radiation offered
no sicnificant threat to the health and safety of any of
the scecpie ci Bikini who might elect répatriation.
The
committee also recommendec actions that wesld further reduce
™xcosure to radiaticn-~for example, dietar: subciements,
cericéic
survevs
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atoll,
and vadicartive
saésecd cn the favorable Findings of
scrap removal.
the && hee
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ané the expressed Gesires cf the pesole ci Bikini, the s ecre
tary cf tne ratercior recommended to the President that the tnri-
ted Stgtes 2x2 action as necessary to retcrn che people of
Bikini to their home atoll.. In 1962 the fresident announced
tract tne recslie of Bixini would be returnei ts thelr former
home. Cleanss and ftenabilitation work ceczin in Fenruary L9E:.
wCD and AEC were ressonsiole for the cleanct and tne raciclogical health and safety espects ci the cl2anup, and COr
was respons:sie for rehabilitation and vreseztiement.
The
cusancre was comrleted in Cetober 1959.
The AEC certified
that the mregram of radiolsgical scrap rexsval, enviroamen-
téi samelinc, anc ceneral radioactive cleanup nac been sat2SFactoriiyv comsieted.
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