Comments on "Dose Estimates for Post-Clean-Up use of Enewetak Atol]” by E. T. Bramlitt The first major point I will make is that the paper is presented as though the author just discovered that the suburanics (specifically 137¢5 and 9%Sr) are the major potential dose contributors at the atoll. This point was clearly made in our initial reports in NVOO-140. Since that time we have emphasized that point in interagency meetings, scientific meetings and publications. We have emphasized for 5 years that the transuranics will contribute an extremely small fraction of the total dose over the next 100 years. The second major point is that the author. calculates excessive doses from 137 Cs and9°Sr via coconut consumption because he has based his calculations on a totally unrealistic diet. Two examples will highlight my point: 1]. Coconut trees are now planted at 30 foot centers as standard agricultural practice in the Marshall Islands; Bikini and Eneu Islands are recent examples. Based on 30 foot centers 64 cocount trees can be planted per acre. The total land area at Enewetak Atoll] is 1760 acres. that 30 % of the land will now be planted with cocounts. ' probably a high estimate Assume now This is in thatzmuch of the land area on the residence islands is unavailable; Enewetak Island has a major size runway; beaches make up a part of the land area; and some islands will never be planted for logistic reasons. However, for now we will accept 30 % which leads to 528 acres being available for coconut. Therefore the number of coconut to be planted is: 538 acres x 64 trees = 33,792 coconut trees acre