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530

RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL
ISLAND
Japtan (David)

Medren (Etmer}

Enewetak (Fred)

TOTAL
ACRES
79

220

322
621

AGRICULTURAL
ACRES
63

193

166
422

Ananij (Bruce)

25

13

Aaj (Olive)
Lujor (Pearl)

40
54

20
38

Bijile (Tilda)
Lojwa (Ursula)
Alembel (Vera)

52
40
38

34
25
23

Aomon(Sally)

Kidrinen (Lucy)*
Mijikadred (Kate)*
Bokenelab (Mary)}*

Elle (Nancy)*

TOTAL

99

65

348

226

24
16
12

13
12
6

11
63

5
36

1,032

684

REMARKS
Commercial coconuts (copra),

dwarf coconuts, breadfruit,
& pandanus

Commercial coconuts (copra),
breadfruit & pandanus

Commercial coconuts (copra)
only

*Islands to be planted at a later date by the Enewetak people.

FIGURE 10-32.

ISLANDS CONSIDERED SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE,

pandanus (pandanustectorius) is grownfor its edible fruit, which provides
sugars andstarchesas well as vitamin C. Pandanusleaves also are used for
thatching, matting, and fiber.47 Minor crops, to be planted by the
rehabilitation contractor or the people, included papaya, banana, andlime.
In May 1978, work began on the three residence islands to prepare plant
nurseries for seed coconuts and other developing plants. Coconuts which
had sprouted and cuttings of pandanus were imported from Ujelang Atoll
and nurtured in the nurseries until they were sufficiently developed for
transplanting in permanent locations (Figure 10-33). Thefirst shipment of

13,000 coconut seedlings arrived at Enewetak in mid-September 1978.38

Breadfruit roots are more delicate and

must be

transported and

retransplanted with the earth in which they are grown (Figure 10-34).

Over 1,000 boxes were fabricated by AIC-Pacific and shipped to Ujelang

for use in growing, shipping, and transporting breadfruit. Additional
breadfruit and other plants were donated by the Government of the
Marshall Islands (GMI) and wereflownin from Majuro.3?
Fertilizer, in the form of copra pellets, was added to the young plantsin

the nurseries. Screens, fabricated from plywood and W-panels, protected
the coconut and pandanusseedlings in the nurseries from the ever-present
trade winds until they were ready to be transplanted. Breadfruit plants
were placed at their permanent locations in three-sided, thatch-covered

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