There was some minor concern for the islands of FRED and ELMER,
for these were the base camp islands and had decontamination pads used
for aircraft and/or equipment.
These pads were clearly marked on the
drawings and would be treated differently from the rest of the Phase I
effort.
The islands of Phase I were stratified into three groups as follows:
- PHASE I = GROUP I
BRUCE (ANIYAANIT)
IRWIN (POKON)
REX (JIERORU)
JAMES (RIBAION)
GLENN (ICURIN)
KEITH
HENRY (MUI)
LEROY (RIGILI)
(GIRINIEN)
PHASE I - GROUP IT
DAVID (JAPTAN)
ELMER (PARRY)
FRED (ENIWETOK)
PHASE I - GROUP III
SAM
TOM
URIAH
WALT
VAN
ALVIN
CLYDE
The islands of Phase I, Group. I would be treated as a group, not
individually.
Considering their cleanliness, inaccessibility due to
terrain and vegetation, and approach (all beaches on most were on windward side with dangerous surf), sample collection would be difficult at
best and this should be minimized.
The expected mean concentration value (hereafter called the mean
or mean value) of 239 py activity in the soil was relatively small, less
than 1 pCi/g dry soil.
stratification.
These similar islands were treated as a single
As such, the number of surface samples, locations, 116
total, would allow for the determination of the mean (with a precision of