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At Enewetak Atoll the major residence islands for the Enewetak people

prior to their relocation in 1947 were Engebi Island in the northern half
of the atoll and Enewetak and Japtan IsTands in the southern half of the
atoll] (see Figure 4).

The people living on Engebi Island (dri Engebt)

had their own chief (Iroj) and owned land right in the northern islands
_while the people living on Enewetak Island (dri Enewetak) had their own

chief and owned land rights in the southern half of the atol].

Many

tests were conducted in the northern half of the atoll and the major
residence island, Engebi, was contaminated.

The southern half of the

atoll, on the other hand, is relatively "clean".

The results of the

Enewetak assessment indicate that a living pattern involving Engebi

Island for both residence and agriculture involves potential] doses in
excess of regulatory guides while living patterns in the southern half

of the atoll lead to doses similar to those in the United States (1).
The situation at Bikini Atoll] is somewhat similar.

The two major

islands used for residence at Bikini Atol] were Bikini and Eneu (see
Figure 1}.

The people living on Bikini Island own land rights on that

island and those people living on Eneu own land rights there.

Bikini

Island was heavily contaminated as a result of the Bravo event; Eneu
was contaminated to a lesser degree but, as will be seen is still more

highly contaminated than the southern half of Enewetak Atol).
The Survey of Enewetak Atoll was conducted in 1972 and the resulting

assessment published in 1973 (31).

Additional information en annual

doses and on the impacts of remedial actions were published in the AEC
Task Group Report (32).

Decisions concerning the use of Enewetak Atoll

were based upon these assessments.
The availability of this assessment for Bikini and Eneu Islands

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