vigorous plant growth. In any case, the new land surfaces promptly seeded and fertilized to prevent wind erosion. desirable food or woody species could then be should be Revegetation with attempted, but the same reservations apply here as stated above in Section 4.3.1. Dredging for backfill ecological and may disturbances also lead might cause some transient but significant that will temporarily be reflected to rendering in diminished fish fish tissue toxic 23, 1983), the stocks for human consumption (Appendix €). 4.5 Comment In the Interim Report (Nov. decontamination was estimated to be “of the order of" cost of $100 million. The simpler plans ‘that continue to merit major consideration cost far less. have concentrated since only these (Appendix A). primarily on their two are islands applicability suitable for to Bikini permanent ‘The other islands sooner or later will and We Eneu, resettlement be washed over by the great storms of the region. The cost estimates that we have used may be high; they are a factor of 2.4 higher than comparable continental costs in the U.S. to allow for the difficulties of staging in a remote, small, uninhabited area. To the extent that such difficulties can be overcome by the use of relatively nearby labor markets and available equipment, the total cost will drop, possibly dramatically. All planning, of course, is contingent on the accuracy of the , dosimetry, based on the work of the Lawrence Livermore National which may be subject to minor modification and refinement. Laboratory, We are recommending field measurements at Bikini, including beta-ray and gamma-ray components, but we do not anticipate the overall planning discussed here. 9000635 3 findings that will materially affect