mis to "eletn up" an atoll rendered bleax and uninhabitable, with
2
is-estaved eeclozsy,
iitatt
by a series
of nuclear explosions, and to rehabi-
and resettle the atoll so it will once again be a safe,
enn tleesant nome for the people of Bikini.
productive
As such, the progran
onsider and significantly affect every aspect of the marine,
terrestrial and atmospheric environment of Bikini Atoll and of
the naman environment of the people of Bikini. cor instance, the soil has been contaminated by radionuclides.
Jerilied Complaint, 4 45.
It may also have been rendered
sive or affected in other ways, by events of the past
chirty yaars.
The program requires that the contamination and damage
ce rarefully studied and that proper remedies be determined.
will in surn necessitate considering whether the soil,
oF it,
snould ce replaced,
cf this may be adequate.
or some parts
or whether ameliorative measures
See Verified Complaint,
This
short
¢ 68.
Zimilar attention and action must be devoted to every
of the Bikini environment.
oy irradiation,
siltation,
2 the lagoon and ocean waters?
sedimentation or otherwise,
How can this harm be remedied?
s the atr and atmosphere of Bikini safe?
he
See Verified Complaint, 4% 46.
groundwaver elso demands serious attention.
exressive irradiation?
Verified Complaint, compare 944 71 & 80.
Gnvten-Herzcerg water lens been affected,
roevable,
ver.irt
twnercusn
and animal
life,
oconsideration.
2siwn-li?,
Has the
thereby reducing the supply
non-brackish drinking water?
ne marina
Is it now safe from
How should problems of this
as well as the atoll's vegetation also
Various
radionuclides,
Strontium-90,
ineluding
Cobalt-29 and Americtum-241,
cCeern introduced into the atoll's environment and virtually every form
lites inere, ineoluding fish, sheil fish and coconut crabs.
L2zint,
© 45.
Verified
Is the marine and animal life on Bikini Atoll safely
fn sufficient
quantity
-
xe
to
sustain the pecsle?
uw
oP
ha:
im)
mecm,
To what extent has there been