o Defense Laboratory, the Trust Territory, and the University of Washington. | The data were summarized by DBM and were presented to a panel of experts assembled by DBM for evaluation of potential radiological hazards. Most of the participants in the 1967 ‘survey attended the presentation to provide details not included in the summary. The panel concluded that Bikini could be safely reoccupied, but recommended some restrictions and suggested things to be done to rehabilitate the atoll. These included restriction of coconut crabs from the diet, because they contain high concen- trations of 70 sr, and covering the village area at Bikini Island with coral gravel from the beaches, to provide a shield against radiation from the soil. The panel also recommended that old structures and other such debris from the tests be removed from the islands and beaches and that the island be further monitored Guring the clean-up. Additional monitoring was necessary because dense vegetation on Bikini and Enyu Islets, especially,. made it impractical to survey more than a few transects across the islands in 1967. artment of Enersy peistorian’s Office ARCHIVES The panel's recommendations were made to the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission who informed the Secretary of the Interior, the administrator for the Trust Territory of the Pacific. 500 i 375