llurinq the !}eriod 1946 through 1958, the atoll of Bikini, centtrecl () 0 23 nuclear about 11 36’ ii, i6!> 22’E, wds the site of a~proximatelv After detonation<. the native in 1948 Marshalls, 1956, on Kili, test series 1958 and proximity weather, all of the in lq67, the U. S. Atomic Energy extensive of data and t+e concentration environment Followinq as well the ?967 the radiological conclusions exposures effort hazards was was and eventually southern Kwajalein Atoll ~to-ls. in 11?46, IC54, ::ue devices. or the vagaries were area contaminated of the to ~ome survey, hazards the initiated were and Medicine The 1967 survey ,yielded art to the external materials land nlants of resettlement from 1?, 1968, President Bikinians to their redevelonmer-tt. 1969. Ptoll. (2) The “The statement: to their atoll. This (1) to evaluate the repatriation Johnson and to prepare in February Bikini threat any physical levels convened the following result of and anima-l life. was of the a significant to eliminate radiation con- in the marine an .— Ad Hoc Committee on the atoll initiated of the atoll of Bioloqv that would On Au9ust surveys of the Division relative do not offer remaininq sites, radiological as in the edible to return in the and fusion of the atoll Commission. and Eneu for agricultural proqram fission of radioactive to radiation safety.” (3) 166, was at Eikini of the cormrittee included people decision both as a test fallout. the auspices amount selected on Pongerik conducted islands by radioactive under island to the detonation In 1964 and again Oikini a sinqle included to their ducted were was approximately followin{j l~rief stays and extent of Bikini numherinq population, resettled Discrete the atoll of the healck, and announced the A ,joint A.EC-flASA or radiological the islands ~hase The data of Bikini of the clearru~ provided in this