+ iimtenies vn2v une immediate environs of all houses constructed Zinini Islani te covered by coral aggregate and sand taken TYim tvher less redicective island or reef areas. ea2 telie?, the itomie Energy Commission's recommendation was not Pillived. “l. Upon information . Trotn information and belief, . the Atomic Energy Commission recommenced that tne coral aggregate and sand used in the mixing cl itneretvs for the Floor slabs, walls, and porches of houses and ginvater cisterns on Bikini Island be taken from other less veiicective islani or reef areas. Upon information and belief, the alimic Energy TUommissicn's recommendation was not followed. “l. zy latter of June 17, 1971, Dr. Martin Biles, Director os Bey of tne Atomics inergy Commission's Division of Operational satet: fntormed cerandent ¢chanston that, from the radiological viewpoint5 cle the Interior of recent radiological findings wiBel:PR la ana of the desiracility of conducting a sophisticated "follow-on" recitlogy survey. 3. at an inter-agency Bikini Planning Meeting held on S72 in srnaheim, California, Dr. Biles, (of the Atomte > Commission, now ERDA; 23 see 7 71, supra) stated that new” Wt for obtaining a more comprehensive radiological s.ovey of Einint head been developed since the original Bikint“uevey ia lii7. Es aise stated that Federal regulations regarding vadiclozi2ze. safety nad become more stringent since that time. "1, In Merch 7, 1975, the then Secretary of the Interior, Borers 2.25. Morton, wrote to defendant Schlesinger as follows: