CONTENTS
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABSTRACT
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
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CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND
1.1 INTRODUCTION
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1.2.
SELECTION AND EVACUATION OF ENEWETAK ATOLL FOR NUCLEAR TESTING
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1.3
ISLANDS IN THE ATOLL
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1.4
THE TESTING PERIOD
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Nuclear Tests “’
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1.4.1
1.4.2
1.5
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POST-TESTING PROGRAMS
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.6
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Testing Effects on the Islands
High Energy Upper Stage (HEUS) Rocket Tests
Pacific Cratering Experiments (PACE)
Mid-Pacific Research Laboratory (MPRL)
PHOTOGRAPHS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
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CHAPTER TWO: DOE ROLE
2.1
PRE-CLEANUP EVENTS TO 15 JUNE 1977
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2.1.1
2.1.2)
2.1.3
Introduction
Early Surveys and Reports
Engineering Study, 1972
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AEC Task Group Report
Meeting of September 1974
Master Plans
The DES and ES
Work Toward Project Approval
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2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
AEC Surveys, 1971-1973
2.1.10 Operations Plan (OPLAN 600-77)
2.1.11 The In-Situ System
2.2
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RESOLUTION OFISSUES
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2.2.1
2.2.2
Ocean Dumping Versus Crater Entombment
Funding Responsibility
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2.2.4
Cleanup Criteria
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2.2.3
2.2.5
Plutonium Versus Total Transuranics
Priority of Island Cleanup
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