through the end of March 1980.
After that date DNA will not search for or
dispose of any further radioactive scrap.
The DNA operation will be
completed by that time and personnel and equipment will not be available
for further search and disposal operations,
After the departure of the
Task Group, the Department of Energy is expected to monitor the people
and their environment.
To obtain more details on the methods by which
this will be accomplished, you should contact Mr. Roger Ray, Nevada
Operations Office, Department of Energy, Las Vegas, Nevada 89114.
Shell Collecting - An order was issued by the Commander, Joint
Task Group proscribing the collection of living sea organisms,
included shells with living inhabitants.
This
The purpose of the order was to
conserve, insofar as possible, the fragile ecosystem of the Atoll reefs,
The order was repeated to all personnel one to two times a month in the
daily-bulletin.
Shell collecting was permitted, however, provided the
shell contained no living organism,
It should be noted that the beaches
on Enewetak are formed by bits of shell and coral and are primarily
calcarious material; consequently it would be difficult to strip the
beaches of shells.
Perhaps a more appropriate interpretation of the
information which was provided would be that the more desirable uninhabited
shells had been collected.
CY FURN:
NVO, DOE
FCZ, FC DNA