2h vr tece Rurnit where the dome is located, and possible hazards from fiss products that may arise if the northern island of Enjebi is re Although this committee's charge was not expressly directed hazards associated with the reset*jement of Enjebi, it must be emphasized that the risks from the consumption of food grown itr northern islands are high compared with any conceivable risk agising from rupture of the dome. The reader of this report will discover that the committee fdepended heavily on information furnished by government agencies and th@ir con- tractors. Insofar as possible it attempted to assess the quality of these data and, in one important instance (the drilling prograg# described in the report), supervised the acquisition of new inFormation about the quality of the dome's construction and the concentrakions of radioactivity contained within it. In its interpretation of pbtential hazards associated with the dome the committee depended heavi on data acquired by groups at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories led by Vv. E. Nost‘in and W. L. Robison. Members of the committee reviewed the sampling and analysis procedures used by these groups. In addition, all the work on the Enewetak operation done by these groups has been subjected to critical review by a select panel of experts from other government laboratories and from universities; much of the woyk also is published in scientific journals and, thus, aas been subjegted to peer review there. ‘The Committee therefore is satisfied thatithe information it has received concerning environmental sampling analysis, and dose assessment is of high quality. The Committee on Evaluation of Enewetak Radioactivit vided extensive information and assistance. The committee ig] particularly grateful to Thomas Jeffers, Director for Logistics and of Energy, Las Vegas; Bryon L. Ristv:... eit! Directorate, Fidgld Command, DNA, Kirtland Air Force Base, Ne. mexico; William Rabison, Section Leader, Terrestrial and Atm: oheric Sciences, Envirogment Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California; Victor Noshkin, Marine Sciences, Environmental § David Stark, Concrete Materials Research Department, Portlang Association, Skokie, Illinois. Robert W. Morse Chairman ix