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PRODUCTS (&.Ge* STRONTIUMs CESIUM) IN SOIL. POST=
CLEANUP DATA OM CONTAMINATION LEVELS OF THESE SUBURANICS
ARE NEEDED ASAF FOR DOSE ASSESSMENT CALCULATIONS FROM
WHICH DECISIONS ON TwO URGENT ISSUES AFFECTING DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR'S (DOI) ONGOING REHASILITATION/RESETTLEMENT
PROGRAM CAN RE MADES (A) COCONUT PLANTING ON NORTHERN

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ISLANDSe AND (b) FEAST@ILITY AND/OR TIMING OF RESETTLEMENT
TO ENJERI ISLAND.
2. DOS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF RADIOLOGICAL
SURVEY TASKSr* IN ACCORDANCE WITH BASIC ALLOCATION
OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENEWETAK PROJECT. HOWEVER SINCE
INITIAL PLANNING “STAGES IN 1972+" DOD HAS BEEN IN
FOREFRONT OF EFFORT TO PROVIDE AS MUCH DOD SUPPORT
TO DOE AS FOLSSIBLE FROM EXTENSIVE 00D INFRASTRUCTURE
ON ATOLL FOR DOD'S CLEANUP EFFOPT.
3. IN FURTHER ANCE OF THIS PHILOSOPHY+ DURING PAST
TwO YEARS OF PROJECT OPERATIONS NOD HAS PROVIDED>
WITHOUT REIMRUKSEMENTs SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ASSETS
NEEDED 3Y DOE TO MEET ITS RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY RESPON=
SIBILITIES (E.Ger BOAT TRANSPORTATIONe SURVEYING
TEAMSe BRUSH=CLEARING EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL? HOLE=
CIGGING EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL? SAMPLE=TAKING TEAMS+
TRUCK TRANSPORTATION+ FIELD RADIOLOGICAL SUPPORT TEAMS

(FRST)* DEMOLITION TEAMS+e ETC). PROVISION OF THIS

DOD SUPPORT HAS BEEN PRENDICATED ON THREE MAJOR FACTORS:
(A) MOST EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL WERE OF TYPES ALREADY

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ON ATOLL FOR COD TASKS (1.E.+ RANIOLOGICAL CLEANUP) +
AND COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO DOE WITHOUT CAUSING
MAJOR ADDITIONAL LOAD ON DOD? (8) MONTHS/YEARS OF
ADVANCE PLANMING WAS DONE TO ALLOw EASY ACCOMMODATION
OF RESOURCES IN DNA AND SERVICE RUDGETS? AND (C)
RADICLOGICAL TASKS 3EING DONE RY DOE WERE THOSE WHICH
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