with community centers, piers, and other life support elements. Subsistence
agriculture (breadfruit, pandanus, dwarf coconuts, etc.) has been planted on the
three southern islands, and some 31,000 coconut trees for commercial and subsistence purposes have been planted throughout the atoll! (20,000 in the south, 11,000

on the lesser contaminated islands in the northeastern chain).

As mentioned earlier, a continuing hallmark of the Enewetak cleanup and
rehabilitation project has been the total and continuing involvement of the People
of Enewetak in the process. Frequent inspection visits and planning conferences by
the Enewetak leadership have been held on the atoll, with the Enewetak hereditary
leaders, the Magistrate, the Planning Council, and others traveling from Ujelang to

Enewetak for periods of days or weeks. This continuing interaction has resulted
not only in a feeling of deep involvement by the People of Enewetak, but also in
accomplishment of the cleanup and rehabilitation in accordance with their desires,
The issue of when the dri-Enjebi may be able to return to their ancestral
home island of Enjebi in the north is still unresolved. As noted previously, all

planning and project execution to date--with the agreement of the People of

Enewetak--has been based upon the dri-Enjebi residing initially in the south, and
this is where their homes have been constructed.

One of the remaining responsi-

bilities of the U.S. Government is to advise the dri-Enjebi when it will be safe to
return to their home island. To provide this advice, DoE, Dol, and TTPI have

collected extensive data on residual suburanic soil contamination in the north, on
radionuclide uptake by crops, on alternative living and subsistence patterns in the
north, on the rate of accumulation of radionuclides in the body, and on estimated
health effects from this accumulation. These data have been analyzed in-depth

and combined into dose assessments. Separately, the People of Enewetak have
engaged their own team of eminent scientists and authorities to provide them with
independent estimates of the above facfors and the resulting dose assessments.
Based upon extensive review of the data provided by both sources, the People of

Enewetak have expressed their desire for the dri-Enjebi to return at once to their
home island. The U.S. Government has this request under consideration at the time

of this writing.

The remarkable success of the Enewetak radiological cleanup operation has
been due in large measure to the dedication and commitment of the Military
Services in providing the resources to do the job; and to the enthusiasm, initiative,
and willing efforts of the individual servicemen assigned to the cleanup force. Also
notable has been the remarkably effective coordination between the many organizations whose efforts had to be integrated into a smooth-working team on-atoll.
In summary, the | newetak Radiological Cleanup and Rehabilltation Program
was well conceived and well executed, wes completed on time and within cost, and
produced more effective results than anticipated. [It marks the fulfillment of a
moral obligation this country incurred decades ago, and it represents an effort in
which every American can take great pride.

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