UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON : 405491 ; : SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98105 > & College of Fishertes Laboratory of Radiation Ecology : : William A. Bonnet, July 8, 1967 $s Manager i Honolulu Area Office U.S. Atomic Energy Commission P. O. Box 580 Honolulu, Dear Mr. Hawaii 96809 Bonnet: Thank you for the copy of Dr. Tobin's report and your letter of 18 July. With regard to the prospects for the resettlement of Bikini, you know, any decisions or recommendations based on potential radiation hazards will have to come through the Atomic Energy Commission. as The data are as yet incomplete and will be so for some time. following may give you an idea of the progress being made: The The Naval Defense Radiological Laboratory has reported the results of the film badge and thermoluminescent dosimeter measurements. The Health and Safety Laboratory with Tommy McCraw of the Division of Operational Safety have completed calibration of the survey instruments. McCraw has prepared a preliminary report: Portable Instrument Data for Resurvey of Bikini Atoll (April 23-May 7, 1967). At present it appears that the measurements made in the field with the PDR 27F survey meters are high by 25% - 50% before appropriate correction factors are applied. The soils and biological samples have been counted by gamma ray spectroscopy at Seattle, but the raw data remain to be reduced to useable form. Priority was given to the soil samples which have been shipped to HASL for interlaboratory comparison of results and more detailed analyses of selected samples. Perhaps you could help us further regarding maps of Bikini. A drawing was found at Bikini during the 1967 resurvey. This drawing is probably the most useful chart of Bikini Island we have seen *