Appendix 13
Report of The Ad Hoe Committee to Evaluate
The Radiological Hazards of Resettlement of The Bikini Atoll, May 1968
The Committce waa convened to consider the question of whether
the Bikini Atoll is safe for human habitation with respect to the radioe-
logical hazard,
The detailed history of the various relocations of the
Bikini natives is described {n the appended material provided by Mr. Tobin
(Appendix I).
We have examined the documencs ILsted in Appendix TI.
In
addiction, we spent one and one-half days in detailed discussions with
memb.cs of the 1967 Bikini Survey Team and other experts as shown
in
Appendix ILI.
On the basis of the information provided, we have reached
the following conclusions and recormendations:
1.
The exposures to radiation thac would resule
from the
repatriation of the Bikini people do noc offer
a
Significance threat to thelr health and
safety,
*«.
Such exposure may and should be further reduced
by
the following simple measures:
a.
Restrice rchabilicacion for the Present
to
the islands of the Bikint-Enecu complex,
b.
(See App. IV)
Establish a village and immediate food crops
on Eneu.
No radiological Precautions will be
needed on Encu because of its very low
contaminatton level.
ce.
(See App. V)
Any village construction on Bikini Island
should
involve the covering of the site with
coral rock
as is the local custom,
,
d,
Radioactive scrap metal should be removed
from
the islands adjacent to former shot
sites,
;