William Cooper - Asst. Mgr. P&B

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September $, 1969

on Tare; concrete bunkers were stripped of exposed metal end
cleaned; cable berm on Tare leveled; scrap on reef and along
beach picked up; scrap metal and debris disposed of by burial;
concrete rubble used as fill for seawall; coral £111 removed
from bunkers and used as fill in low areas on Roger and Sugar.
Approximately 50 tons of radiological contaminated material
were disposed of at sea by marine burial. William Island ves
cleared June 28 ~ July 15. Work included removal of tower and
anchor blocks, exposed metal from bunker, barge on beach, terminal
vault and burfal in pit.

Fill from berm was used to backfill over

scrap pit end to level low areas. Cleanup on Uncle commenced
July 16 and was completed July 25. Work included removal of two
email bunkers, cleanup of two bunkers, scrap on reef and island
including the remaing of an old aircraft, demolition of concrete
stations, burial of serap and backfill with coral from cover over
bunker. Work completed on Bravo June 24 included disposal at sea
of ewall foundations and fuel tank. Work completed on Yoke on
Sept. 5 & 6 included demolition & burial of two small towers and
large buoy.

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Work on the northern islands commenced July 28 and was completed
September 5. Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, and George were cleared by
demolition of gaeall bunkers, slabs end foundations; cleanup of
scrap on reef and islands, and disposal by burial. Concrete bunkers
were stripped of exposed metal and cleaned out. Pits were backfilled and graded.

7.

At the request of HiCom fT, additional items of work were approved
on August 20-21 by Birector, DASA, to be accomplished as part of
cleanup operation and prior to rollup. They are: (1) surface
treatment of runway; (2) water catchment basins at Bikini and Eayu;
(3) piping system on Enyu; (4) reroof operations building on Enyu;
(5) scrape and prime steel columns in assembly building on Enyu.
Bulk of material required for these five jobs arrived by ship on
September 2 with balance of meterial shipped by air to meet schedule.

8.

H&N provided initial planning and estimates for cleanup; on-site
supervision of the work force and direction of cleanup operations;
logistics support (procurement of materials); personnel; Liaison
in Honolulu; engineering support for design of facilities; and
preparation of cleanup data sheets and plot plans of all islands
where cleanup took place. A 54-hour work week was maintained for
all R&N personnel at the Atoll.

9.

To accomplish the cleanup mission, approximately 1200 L/T and 4600
M/T were shipped by surface (8 ships) and approximately 250 S/T
were shipped by air (32 flights).

All transportation arrangements

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