Copra processing plants which process copra from islands of the western Pacific are in the Philippines and Japan. The copra is washed and run through a press which extracts the coconut oil leaving a residue which is called copra meal. The oil is used in foods ana cosmetics. The oil is reported to have a low mineral content and very low levels of radioactivity. Radioactivity such as 137 Cs in the processed copra ends up in the copra meal which contains about 20% protein and 5% oil. This meal-is a good quality animal feed and is used for dairy cows. On a gram basis the level of 13765 in copra meal can be expected to be 5 to 10 times the level in fresh coconut meat. In the case .of coconuts from Bikini, if the levels of 1376s in future crops are as high as found in the 1969 samples, the copra meal may contain 600 to 1,200 pci/g. Measures recommended by the Ad Hoc Committee for minimizing levels of radioactivity in Pandanus (removing 2-inches of soil at the planting site over an area covered by the crown of mature trees) may also be needed for planting coconut trees on Bikini. determined with present information. x Whether this is needed cannot be If needed, the justification would not be so much the protection of the Bikini people but rather to mininize the level of 137 ¢5 in the copra meal that is a byproduct of production of coconut oil.