5.
REHABILITATION: CIVILIAN REQUIREMENTS
Planning for decontamination constitutes the first phase of planning
for
rehabilitation.
such
as
The second phase considers the civilian requirements
revegetation
community buildings,
including
docking
agriculture,
facilities,
etc.
water
supply,
housing,
In doing so, it should be
recalled that while 167 persons left Bikini in 1946, more than 1000 may now
wish to return.
Such
Committee,
planning
and
has
in
not
fact,
been
until
the
the
primary
major
responsibility
decisions
of
regarding
this
the
decontamination program have been made, detailed community planning may not
be
efficient.
The
Committee,
however,
would
like
to
note
that
such
planning might at least be initiated by the Bikinians and their advisors so.
that by the time the recommended
pilot studies,
detailed
in Section
4.5,
are completed (within two years), the Bikinian needs would be defined, and
where
practical,
steps
to
meet
‘them
decontamination work.
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could
be
coordinated
with
the