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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 —
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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.
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