In the extensive results from these 1964 surveys, the radioactivity was ‘found generally to be somewhat greater in the plants and marine life « on Bikini Atoll than on Eniwetok Atoll. Furthermore, radioactivity in the vicinity of previous nuclear tests was greater than on islands remote from tests (Welander, 1967), @easley and Held, 1969), (Beasley and Held, 1971). The next extensive land-based survey was conducted by the Air Force Weapons Laboratory in July 1971 (E. L. Kinsey, 1973). were surveyed: The following islands Bogariik, Bogon (Irene), Engebi (Janet), Eberira ; Aomon (Sally), Biijiri (Tilda), Rojoa (Ursula), and Runit (Yvonne). On Runit, readings of beta- and gamma-ray activity were taken everv 50 feet alone four equall; On Aomon the highest reading was 0.035 mR/hr, with an average of 0.015 mR/hr. In early May 1972 a team composed of Atomic Energy Commission and Environmental Protection Agency specialists conducted a brief radiological survey of Runit Island (Kinsey, 1973). During the course of this survey, the AEC representative recommended to SAMTEC, the custodian of the Atoll, that this island be quarantined until a more detailed radiological survey could be made of the plutonium contamination on the ground at about the "waist" of this long island and more could be learned about the disposition of radiological materials and debris left from the previous nuclear test. Following a meeting at AEC in Germantown, Maryland, on 30 June 1972, about this precautionary quarantine situation, a survey team from the WEC and the Department of Defense, along with the support from EPA, 23 STONSG ERAN(aeenamenenemmmmremerense = aang+ spaced traverses of the island, one 4,200 feet long. et eeemee ome the latter at the lip of Cactus crater on Runit. wee pemeen er aye In general, the measured exposure rates were 0.002 mR/hr to 1.2 mR/hr,