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