5 DRAFT Bikini Air Sampling and Resuspension Measurement Program Due to limited support facilities, manpower, and time, and due to other program demands: for air sampling equipment as a result of the delays in fielding the Bikini survey, no attempt was made to establish an air sampling program during this survey. Sampling Processing Upon completion of the field survey in June, nearly 1000 samples including soil, vegetation, animals and water were returned to LLL for processing and analysis. Due to funding problems the processing of the samples was not begun until late September; processing was completed by early November of 1975. detail in reference 3. Sample processing procedures are discussed jn The time required to analyze this many samples was considerable and had to be incorporated into a priority framework involving other programs. In addition, funding problems prevented analysis of all samples so time was required to establish priorites for which samples should be sent for analysis. As data became available, and as we started our assessment activities, additional samples were identified which were of particular importance for assessment purposes. When limited additional funding became available in ‘the summer of 1976 second priorities samples were sent for analysis and were then incorporated into our assessment activities. Our data bank for the selected samples sent for analysis was finally complete in October of 1976. of The results of this survey are presented in a series of reports each dealing with a specific area of interest. CP 500955) It is hoped this will result in