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RADIOLOGICAL REPOST ON BIKINI ATOLL
Introduction
Reports on this subject were prepared by Philip F. Gustafson in
April and May 1963 (Attachments 1 and 2).
Since that time the de-
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cision has been made that the Bikini people may be returned to their
Atoll but that certain measures should be taken to further reduce
radiation exposures.
These measures are described in the report of
the AEC Ad Hoc Committee (Attachment 3).
During 1969, cleanup of Bikini Atoll, which was one of the Ad Hoc
Committee's recommendations, was accomplished through a cooperative
project funded by DOD and AEC.
The Atoll has now been turned back to
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the Office of Trust Territories of the Pacific, Department of Interior.
DOI is currently cenducting a prezgram of agricultural rehabilitation
that has been under way aboutone year and construction of housing
and community facilities is to begin in the near future.
The cleanup project provided an opportunity to obtain significant
additional information on the levels of environmental radiation and
radioactivity in the Atoll.
Enouch of the results from the 1969
monitoring and sample collecting activities are now available fron
Allen Smith and William Moore of SWRHL and from Fdward Held of the
University of Washington to make preliminary comperisons with the 1967
results and to determine what if any differences the 1969 data maay make
in radiation extosure estimates prepered by Dr. Gustefson.
Comparisons
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