that would be eatan by the paople have gincs been found to be low. the trees coconut and other an age where reached plants food-bearing Thus, when fruits beoame available, this oasium wag transfarrad to the bodias of the people. When these high radiation levels were found in the peopia in 1978, it was realized that the initial asstimates of the amount of radiation were low and the peaple were removed from the atoll}. DIPPERENCES BETWEEN BIKINI ATOLL AND ENEWETAK ATOLL Some people wonder why the U.3. government did not olean up Bikini Atoll the way they did Enawatak Atoll. The reagon is that the atom bomb Lests had different atolis. 1. affects on the & Some of the differences are given below. The northern islands on the Enewatak Atoll two had much more plutonium and americium in the soila than doaa Bikini Atoll. Thnis was because of Lhe difference in the types of tests at the two atolls. Itt was noted aartlier that plutonium and americlum remain radioaotive for many, many years and that the plutonium Therefore, removad some of and the americium remain near plutonium and by shallow seraping without tha amoricium destroying surface at thea of Enewetak island. the ao{l could be! This meant that when the strontium and cesium disappaared, the island could ba used. WithouL never tha oleanup, have been used. the northarn However, inlanda of the Enewetak Atoll the strontium and the cesium on northern islands of Enawnatak Atoll ragajned aven after the cleanup. (3 would the