4Ol7igy DOSIMETRIC RESULTS FOR THE BIKINI POPULATION N. A. Greenhouse, R. P. Miltenberger, E. T. Lessard Safety and Environmental Protection Division Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York During the mid 1940's high yield weapons through 1958, the United States conducted tests at Bikini and Enewetak Atolls. were contaminated with fallout from the gram, 11973 tests. concentrating on the main residence Islands at Bikini Atoll, began in 1969. Territory residents These areas A restoration pro- islands of Bikini and Eneu Approximately thirty Trust including some former Bikini Atoll inhabitants participated in the initial cleanup and redevelopment of the Atoll. During subsequent years, the Bikini population increased individuals at the time of Between their departure in August 1969 and 1974, food crops were planted. crops consisted mainly of coconut, bananas and other the majority of the food consumed on imported by Trust Territory supply vessels. local vegetation developed, foods so that by eg As the the diet became less restricted to 1978, ties of locally grown items. a papaya, During the maturation interval for most of the tree crops (5-7 years), imported These pandanus and breadfruit trees but included a garden development where squash, Bikini Island was 1978. scrub vegetation on Bikini and Eneu Is- lands was cleared and indigenous crops were grown (RO 77). to some 140 the diet contained substantial quanti-