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ENIWETOK RADIOLOGICA] SURVEY
This memoranduz provides information regarding current activities on
Eniwetok Atoll. These activities concern the surveys esseatial to the
cleanup, rehabilitation, and resettlemesat ef the atoll in connettica
with the announced return of Eniwetok to che Trust Territory ef the
Pacific Islands (TTPT).
In April 1947 the United Nations formally designated the former Japanese
Pacific Mandates (Eniwetok included) as Trust Territeries to be administered by the United States. Upon written esoetifiesation te the U.H.,
Eniwetok vas designated a muclear testing afte in December 1947, with
the first test series thera, SANDSTONE, being conducted in the spring
of 1948. Prior to SANDSTONE, the Eaiwetok people, about 136 in uwnber,
were moved by the United States to Ujelang Atoll where they still reside,
although their number has now increased to about 432. Additional test
eeries were conducted in the atoll during the years 1951 (CREERHOUSE),
1952 CIVY), 1954 (CASTLE), 1956 (REDWING), end 1958 (HARDTACK - PHASE 1).
The last of 43 tests was fin July 1953
all ceste have been Listed publicly.
Geographic location ef the atoll is shown fa Figure 1.
Its remoteness
suggests inherent costly operations to accomplish the necessary surveys
and subsequent cleanup.
Figure 2 identifies the islands of the atollT> 77”
and genera) location ef the nuclear rests couducted.
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On April 18, 1972, High Commiss{oner Johnston and Ambassador Williams .jointly announced the intention of the United States to return Enivetpk' |
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Atoll te the TYPI subject to retention ef some minor residual rights.-—-—-—- -—-~—Sebeequently, the Department ef Interior (DO]), Department ef Defense
(DOD), end AEC determined that a comprehensive and coordinsted progres
to survey and clean up Pnivetok Atoll must be undertaken te make Enivetok
habitable. The program was divided {ato three phases:
(1) Pre-cleanup
Radiological ani Fogineering Survey, {2' Cleanup, end (3) Rehabilitation
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