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ERDA's SUGGESTED RESPONSE AND/OR COMMENTS (Continued)
‘the June 1975 survey of Bikini and Eneu Islands by ground
monitors, using portable and vehicle mounted instruments,
was most satisfactory for making such dose estimates.
The optimal technique referred to is the use of alrborne
Instruments flown over the islands in helicopters.
This
method of radiological monitoring -- and our reasons for
desiring it -- can be put into perspective as follows:
a.
The aerial survey will fill
in the detailed fine structure
of the specific radionuclide content of soil for all
Islands in the atoll, including Bikini and Eneu, the
islands where the people will live.
Also, this wil}
provide information which is not now available on
plutonium.
The previous ground surveys did not have
the equipment for measuring the plutonium content of
soil directly.
The data that are available from the
analysis of a limited number of soil samples are not
adequate.
b.
The shallow area of the ocean side reefs of Bikini and
Eneu are accessible to the people at low tide.
The
previous surveys done on foot were unable to make any
measurements on the reefs.
Before the islands are
Inhabited, measurements of radiation on certain areas
of the reefs should be made.
The aerial survey is
uniquely suited to do this job.
c.
DOE ARCHIVES
Experience at Enewetak emphasized the need to carefully
look at all islands.
For example, the aerial survey
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