from soil to reduce the puik ot material

requiring disposal.

AEC should be prepared

fo TAKE ese leat ia eny SUC sLUudies that are

made.
Alternatives:

(1)

Apply radiation criteria with the objective
of maintaining exncsure and radioactivity
lcvels in ne navural background range
and equivaient to pre-test conditions.
(Such criteria are equivalent to pro-

hibiting occupancyoi the Atoll. )
(2)

Applv maximumlevels allowable for
individuals within the general population

as contained in current Federal standards
such as 500 mRem/vr, and 5 Rem in 30 years

whole body doses and inhalation and dietary
intake of radionuciides ecuivalent to those
doses.

(3)

A middle course based on maintaining

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Pederai standards for indivicuais -vitnin

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or uncertainties in dose estimates.

Discussion:

Weapons tests were conducted at Hnewetak Atoll
from 1948 to i983. The remaining contamination

from 43 expio sions includes fallout, fissioa dekvis,

neutron activation xroducts, plutorivin debris’
from safer tests aia buried waste. Test locations are shown in the attacrhea map with names
of tests encicsed ir boxes.

In Aprii 1972, the U.S. runocunced that Enewetak
Atoll would be piaced under Trust Territory
control at tne end af .973. Resettlement of the
Enewetakese peonic would depend upon the results
of a survey oi the Atoll using the same pattern

followed at Bikini, i.e.,

radiological survey,

cleanup, renabdilitation ana resettlement.

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