ff . - 40” 7 + “ a a bree , rudent that some consideration be given to fallout from the Pacif oO widion In light of recentdevelepments-on BIKINs and ENI“ETOX atolls ht is Froving Grounds which may have been carried to other atolls during]the reriod of atmospheric testing.‘ ° f4..- sa. = \ edits al tet tae ‘. (ac; 6 uw "Osi! & foe. a) Fallout. patterns and other” pertinent data on the varteusanucl are very limited. However, hodographs are known for nearly all ofthe tests conducted in the Pacific. fatterns stenificant —" have been umxsbark studied to discern which events may have had/fallout on racifie atolls. These hodographs and available fallout Those hodographs and fallout patterns which 2 sxectootiatioe have positive indications or suggest significant fallout on tnese atolls are indicated, as well as the source of such informa Due to the intensive fallout from the CASTLE BRAVO event on __..and UTIAIA atolls, some effort was made in the past to investiga ee radioactive deposition on these and a few other atolls in the fa Sillnud set theatolls unfortunately, the utility of thee investigations is limited due visited, the now: primitive treatment of the samples (gross gamma, and other crude evaluations), and age of the survey. Only on RONGELAP, BIKINI and SNIWETCK atolls have any recent studies been undertaken. Cpt te le Arta». Fallout area seems—te—heve been ignored. fo4 ct The v Utilizing various reports, fallout patternsand hodozgraphs, this inves- tigator has evaluated the data available, realizing its limitatio thus the limitations of such a study, and sugrests that possible ignificant ? Fallout has occurred on several atolls which do.not-appeer—to- have investigated previously. DOE ARCHIVE This fallout, or the hodographs suggesting it, is vresented as figures with other pertinent information presented if tabular form for crevity. 43