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STATEMENT OF ERDA POSITION ON BIKINI INJUNCTION
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The purpose of this memorandum is to state the ERDA position
on suite filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii on
the People of Bikini, et al vs Robert C. Seamans, Jr., et al, Motion
for Preliminary Injunction.
Background
In 1946 the President approved for National security reasons, the
use of Bikini Atoll for nuclear
te
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Inthe period 1946 to 1958,
23 nuclear Les were Cede Bikini Atoll.
Following a request from the Secretary of the Interior in December
1966, AEC agreed to review the radiological conditionsand make
recommendations on the return of the Bikini people.
In August 1968 the
President announced the decision to return the Bikini people to their
. Atoll.
Also, the President directed the Secretary of Defense, Secretary
of the Interior and Chairman of AEC to
t cooperate in the Bikini resettlement program.
The AEC was paienertty responsible
radiological matters.
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The Department
of the Interior$3 responsible for rehabili ation and resettlement.
During the period 1966 to the present, AEC/ERDA has contimed
to provide the DOI with advice on the radiological aspects of the rehabilitation and resettlement of Bikini Atoll. BEST AVAILABLE COPY
Periodic followup radiological surveys of Bikini have been conducted
specifically in 1970, 1972 and 1975.
In January 1975, ERDA agreed to
conduct a radiological evaluation and make an assessment of the Trust
Territory's preliminary plans for constructing additional housing at
Bikini Atoll.
A radiological survey of Bikiniand Eneu,was made in
June 1975, andtre preliminary results of thesurvey were presented at
a briefing, August yo Ald: der al infovare ten avd asfesSmtn
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