&~

In general, the following “rules" apply if the Federal

radiation

standards are to be met:
(a)

Unrestricted

use of

permissible.
(b)

Bikini
only

may

Eneu

and

several

other

islands

is

now

imported

and

Any island may be visited.
be

resettled

cistern

(not

only

ground)

unrestricted use of Bikini

if all
water

food

is

is

drunk.

To

permit

now would require a major program

to render the contaminated soil innocuous.
(c)

In

80 years,

should

Bikini

become

agricultural

safe,

owing

to

produce
the

and

ground

spontaneous

water

decay

of

for the removal

of

cesium-137.
The
the

top

30

direct
cm

of

approach to decontamination calls
Bikini

soil

(where

concentrated) to expose a “safe"

cesium-137

and

layer for planting.

strontium-90

are

The resulting spoil

(excavated soil) might be used to extend the island's seaward perimeter by
35-40 meters, or it might be dumped into the Bravo crater of the lagoon,
caused by the 1954 test.
The
° 1984)

that

causeway

Bikinians,

they

request

between ‘Eneu

however,
the

and

notified

spoil

Bikini

be

the

used

to

Committee

(September

construct

an

21,

8

km-long

islands.

The addition of this

project

30 cm of

soil

would double the total cost.
The
raises

removal

questions

of the

regarding

top

the

productivity

of

from
the

a

coralloid

remaining

island

soil.

To

settle this and other questions

(including the limitations of water-supply

and

uptake

the

blockade

of cesium-137

by

high-potassium

have requested support for pilot trials at the atoll.

fertilizer),

,

On the other hand, there is the “wait-it-out" approach.
to

say,

resettlement

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would

be

effected’ on

1S

Bikini

we

and/or

Eneu,

That is
but

the’

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