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