Hoag ot LEN at es ve ” a rs ee FIG | “3 “ e rt . nm bi . BEST COPY AVAILABLE T. F. MCCRAW, HQ DOE (OES) 4 E. CAMPBELL, NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE AUGUST 18, 1978 UNCLASSIFLED/N O NW D/N ARR. DOE STAFF PLANS 10 REVIEW THE DEPARINENT OF THE INTERLOR/TRUST TERRITORY PLANS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION OF ENEWETAK ATOLL. A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE SOIL CONCENTRATIONS OF sr? anv cst?! on THE ISLANDS IN THE ENENDTAK ATOLL AS COMPARED WLTH THOSE IN THE BIKINI ATOLL SUCWS THAT ISLANDS ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF ‘ENEWETAK ATOLL HAVE SOLL CONCENTRATIONS APPROXIMATING THOSE AT BIKINI AND ENEU ISLANDS. SPECITICALLY, TMNESE ISLANDS ARE MIJIKADREK THROUGH BILLAE FOR WHICH INE PLANTING OF COCONUT TREES IS PLANNED. PARA. THE PLANNING BASIS ENVISIONED FOR ENEWETAK INCLUDED USE OF THESE ISLANDS FOR COPRA PRODUCTION. IN VIEW OF THE MORE RECENT DATA WHICH HAS BECOME AVAILABLE SINCE THE — , ORIGINAL AGRICULTURAL PLAN WAS PROPOSED, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT - TO THE- UPTAKE OF CESIUM IN COCONUTS AND THE ROLE WHICH COCONUTS HAVE IN THE LIFE STYLE OF THE PEOPLE, WE PLAN A MAJOR REVIEW OF | THIS MATTER. A DELAY IN Tile H&N SCHEDULE FOR PLANTING COCONUTS IN ANY ISLANDS BEYOND TIE SOUTHERN ISLANDS 1S RECOMMENDED. ff. o if OES:SP . 11 OES SOKO ~ “ EN LPL feo free hoa i? “Cy mil fall estetiiaeintate eniamnhiae tenet tonal ene areal, Cooma Vol iz, 8/18/78 Ss/BOLE dp 5 “er