The first one is for the Bikinians to resettle Bikini Island with the proviso that no food be grown nor ground water consumed on that island during the decontamination waiting period. Fishing would be permissible. The plan therefore entails large scale food imports; a substitute for ground water which control of agriculture flower buds 2-3 times plant assays survey). of Over would total is of great importance and especially a year, annual radioactivity an 80-year every period, about $20 million. contaminated ground water coconut cost 5 the in times of production about $100,000); years (cost, food control about drought; the (nipping the and soil and $500,000 per and monitoring costs The cost to generate a substitute for the would be less than $1 million, but a precise figure cannot be given now since the number of settlers is not known. The off-limits second for one involves agriculture. resettling Since Eneu is Eneu while one-half as declaring Bikini large Bikini as (2.4 km?) , it is practically certain that it could not support a population of 1100 living in traditional fact return). Its fashion (assuming that all Bikinians would in ground water supply appears to be Bikini, of course, would have to be monitored and food good (Appendix A). (coconut). production prevented. 4.2 Treatment of Soil Four types of treatment have been considered -- leaching, biological extraction by cropping, topping with clean soil, and application of high-potassium fertilizer. The first ineffective, cumbersome or too expensive. promise where the level three of these are regarded as Treatment with fertilizer shows of contamination is low. Unit costs for some of these operations are given in Table 7. 4.2.1 Leaching. Thirty-five years of rain, averaging some 150 cm (60 inches) per year, have failed to wash the radionuclides from the 5000028 30