should be available and a major sampling program will be required. The purpose of this sampling will be to supply data for making dose estimatesfor people living at the atoll, to determine if foods are suitable for consumption and to provide the information to assess the potential use of the copra in the world market. If in the meantime other food crops such as breadfruit, Pandanus sp. etc., are planted on either of these 6 islands or on Enjebi Island, then they should also be included in the sampling program. Current programs are only capable of maintaining the monitoring of Eneu and Bikini Islands and Bikini lagoon at Bikini Atoll and Enjebi, Bokombako and Louj Islands and Enewetak Jagoon at Enewetak Atoll. Monitoring at other islands and atolls would have to be accomplished under P.L. 96-205. Kilogram quantities of each sample are required for transuranic analyses and this will provide sufficient sample for analysis of 137 ¢, (and other gamma emitters) and 906. A minimum of 5 pooled samples of each selected food item should be collected per island. In the lagoon, 5 or 6 species of fish (mullet, goatfish, surgeonfish, parrotfish, etc.) should be collected from 5 different locations, and 3 sites should be sampled for invertebrates (clams, lobsters, etc.) and other marine organisms. This describes the minimum program required for the basic dose assessment if implemented as part of the ongoing DOE effort using, for the most part existing manpower and equipment. A program conducted independent of the current DOE program would require additional manpower, additional samples to establish a data base, training of personnel in sampling methods and sample processing techniques, familiarization of personnel with field work in atoll environments, additional equipment and analytical expertise in handling low-level radioactive samples. 29