cost
$36-42 million.
revegetation
of
They would entail
the
denuded
island
perhaps
at
an
10 years
additional
for
cost
the mature
of
some
$6-8
million.
The
Bikinians
causeway
between
construction
have
requested
Eneu and
Bikini
would
double
the
that
the
islands
overall
spoil
be
(September
cost
and
used
21,
has
to
build
1984).
been
a
Such
questioned
environmentally.
Some
States
additional
and
estimate
the
of
information
Bikinians
external
to
dose
will
reach
be
a
that
required
final
to
assist
decision.
specifically
A
considers
the
more
the
United
refined
beta-ray
component should be made. The contribution to internal dose of strontium-90
in fish bone and in foliage should be examined further.
Pilot studies within the next two years are recommended to determine
the
following:
where
(1)
the cesium-137 content of plants grown in locations
30 cm or more
topsoil
of
topsoil
have
been
removed;
(2)
if
the
loss
of
and the compacting effects of the excavation operation per se will
materially
impair
limitations
possible
of
toss
the
eventual
ground
of
water
Bikini's
productivity
supply
seaward
on
of
both
beach
as
Bikini
Eneu
a
and
result
soil;
(3)
the
(4)
the
creating
the
Bikini;
of
peripheral landstrip; (5) the effectiveness of high-potassium fertilizer in
blocking
the
uptake
ancillary use.
of
cesium-137
by
plants,
However, preliminary civil
a
technique
of
potential
engineering planning may begin
now, as well as work on a proposed draft environmental impact statement.
Aside
sees
the
need
community
economic
from
the
to
immediate
initiate
facilities,
activities
and
that
problems
planning
for
will
with
the
eventual
be
essential
community.
5000007
of decontamination,
8
the
Bikinians
subsistence,
for
for
the
committee
housing
and
agricultural
and
the maintenance
of their